i am new in using and understanding php. need help in following issue: opening (executing) an external program (not a file) like "winword.exe" with php4. my system-configuration: - windows 2000 - php4 1.1.1 - winword execution program-path is: "c:\programme\micosoft office\office\winword.exe"
please, will somebody out there will help me with the complete php-code like: <? "code to execute the winword-program"; ?> i have asked a so called specialist who gave the following (not functioning, no error message) code: <? shell_exec("c:\programme\microsoft office\office\winword.exe"); ?> thanks to all who will help me rainer -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php