Martien de Groot mentioned this to All:
 MdG> How does one execute another executable from within a Delphi 
application?
 MdG> This is what I have tried so far:
 MdG> In the implementation section of the one and only unit so far I have 
put:
 MdG> function ShellExecute( hwnd: HWND; lpOperation : PChar;
 MdG>          lpFile : PChar; lpParameters : PChar; lpDirectory : PChar;
 MdG> nShowCmd : Integer ) : Integer;  far; external 'Shell.dll';
There's no need to do all this.  Simply use the ShellApi unit, and it already 
has ShellExecute declared.
                                ...Gary
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