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WxWidgets: Get the OS Start Command

Since wxWidgets is cross platform, it might be handy to be able to get the current operating system's start command, to use system() ~ that's exactly what this function does: it checks the default operating system, and returns a string of the operating system's command to start a process.

Submitted By: gabehabe
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Language: C++
Last Modified: October 13, 2008

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  1. /*
  2. * A method to get the "start" command of the current operating system
  3. * Author: Danny Battison
  4. * Contact: gabehabe@googlemail.com
  5. */
  6.  
  7. #include <string>
  8.  
  9. std::string GetStartCommand() {
  10.     #if defined(__WXMSW__)
  11.         return "start";
  12.     #elif defined(__WXMAC__)
  13.         return "open";
  14.     #elif defined(__UNIX__)
  15.         return "xdg-open";
  16.     #endif
  17. }
  18.  
  19. /** EXAMPLE USAGE **/
  20. #include <wx/wx.h>
  21. class MainApp : public wxApp {
  22.     public:
  23.         bool OnInit();
  24. };
  25.  
  26. bool MainApp::OnInit() {
  27.     std::string ContactAuthor = GetStartCommand() + " mailto:gabehabe@googlemail.com";
  28.     system(ContactAuthor.c_str());
  29.  
  30.     return true;
  31. }
  32.  
  33. IMPLEMENT_APP(MainApp)
  34.  

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