Re: Running an editor from ANSI C

On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 14:24:29 +0300, Michael S wrote:

ShellExecute(NULL, "edit", filename, NULL, NULL, SW_NORMAL);

Would help to have some light shed on what the arguments mean
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shellexecutea>:

From which I get

    ShellExecute
      (
        /*hwnd =*/ NULL,
        /*lpOperation =*/ "edit",
        /*lpFile =*/ filename,
        /*lpParameters =*/ NULL,
        /*lpDirectory =*/ NULL,
        /*nShowCmd =*/ SW_NORMAL
      );

which makes things a bit clearer, doesn’t it? By the way, I love the
explanation of what the returned value means ... an HINSTANCE which is
not an HINSTANCE ...