Good morning everyone!
I have a personal question that I have not yet found an answer to, so I come here.
What is the difference between WinExec and ShellExecute in Delphi?
I ask this question because recently I had a problem trying to use WinExec (I was trying to install a Windows service, but without success), but using ShellExecute , the service was installed normally.
What does one have that the other does not have? I used Delphi 2010.
The ShellExecute function works just like the Windows Run menu, and this is your best benefit to use, WinExec is already deprecated with the CreateProcess successor.
WinExec executes a simple statement from another application, an execmplo would open the Windows caculator by clicking on a button from within your application!
Since ShellExecute is much more complex, it operates on a "file", an example would be you ask to print a certain file from your application! I believe you could install the service with the correct command line!
Documentation WinExec
Some details on SOen
More relevant details here.
Edit:
Inside the IDE Help you can browse the Microsoft Windows Plataform SDK item and get more details about the ShellExecute , this is not a link to browsing, it is only within Help
