Re: how to open application on button click from another application

[John Cupitt <john cupitt ng-london org uk>]

neeraj sharma wrote:

>     I am working on gtk and I want to run an already
> created application from my program on button click.I
> am unable to find any solution till now.


Hi Neeraj, on *nix systems you can just use system():

static void
button_clicked( GtkWidget *button, MyData *datas )
{
    if( system( "xv myfile.jpg" ) )
        alert( "unable to run gimp!" );
}