Winexec takes the applicatoin name as a pChar so you need to cast your
delphi string to a windows pChar i.e
WinExec(pChar(drive+'apps\myapps\setup.exe'), SW_ShowNormal);
Robert Martin
Software Engineer
Wild Software Ltd
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Subject: [DUG]: incompatible types
with this piece od code i get incompatible types pchar and strings
if ComboBox1.ItemIndex= 0 then WinExec(drive+'apps\myapps\setup.exe',
SW_ShowNormal);
...
Brendon Toogood
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