How to start a program from a Lazarusapp - in Linux? SOLVED!
lazarus / 1-Linux

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hy · 2008-02-20 22:09

Hi... just started switching my own libraries from Dalphi to Lazarus.
With win-lazarus it's pretty good right now (at least it compiles :-))

With Linux I ran into somewhat of trouble, when trying to compile a
unit that has some functions to run other programs (or the associated
program to a *.png or *.odt-File)
Several types and function calls are not supported with linux.
e.g.:
tProcessInformation
_process_information;
_StartupInfoA;
Actually I searched the forum but couldn't find anything related to
this topic.

Any help?

Thanx in Advance

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Leledumbo · 2008-02-21 03:25

I guess they're Windows specific types. To run other programs, better
use TProcess.
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Executing_External_Programs

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hy · 2008-02-21 07:05

Thanks, that was exactly what Iwas looking for. great I just missedthe
keyword "process" when searching for a solution :-)