11-20-2008, 11:32 AM
The programs downloads the hldsupdate tool, auto-installs it, updates it (theoretically) and then passes the correct install line.
Many programing languages have a way to pass commands to the command line.
I've written batch scripts that do similar things. My friend then ported it over to C++ (I think) which was basically just sending my command to the command line. We used C++ because it lets us as the user for things that we otherwise could not.
Also, 500 lines seems VERY long for such a program. However I don't have much GUI exp...
Many programing languages have a way to pass commands to the command line.
I've written batch scripts that do similar things. My friend then ported it over to C++ (I think) which was basically just sending my command to the command line. We used C++ because it lets us as the user for things that we otherwise could not.
Also, 500 lines seems VERY long for such a program. However I don't have much GUI exp...
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