VC++ forms and functions

[johnnysack]

Hi all.
Im a bit of a novice programmer so forgive the lame q's but i've recently began trying to make a windows app with vc++ forms to interact with a camera.
Basically what i want to do is call another app with a click event of a button or watever but i don't really know how to.
I have an SDK for the camera which includes 2 dll's a header file and a .lib file. It has its own gui which i want to open up through my gui.
Thanks for your help.
Johnny

[sjaycohn]

If your program is supposed to interact with the camera, then perhaps you should forget about the pre-existing GUI.

However, to launch another program from your own, you need to use the CreateProcess function. Google it.

[kirants]

I have no idea what those dlls and libs have any relation to your problem.
But below is an FAQ for launching applications:
How can I start a process? (http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=302501)

[srelu]

If you have an SDK with a header, a lib and some dlls, this is not the same as having an application. You do not have the application, you only have the necessary tools to write it.
(In the same way, you have the Windows SDK, but that's not an application. If you want a Windows application, you must write it using what the SDK offers to you.)
Set clearly your goals and check the header file to find what can you use from that SDK to achieve them.

[Normally you should also have a help file explaining the purpose of every element of the SDK: parameters, return values, the actions carried out, relations between different elements.]