Mac Forum / Programming / CodeWarrior / January 2006

** WARNING NEWBIE QUESTION **
I have been tasked with creating a plug-in for filemaker who's single
task it is, is to launch a file (ultimately a Java applet).
Yes, I am aware someone has done this with another plug-in called Launch
it and I have tested this, but it seems over-kill at this point. I'm up
for a small challenge.

I've grabbed the 24U FM Template (for creating FM plug-ins) & compiled
it in CodeWarrior 8.3 on a Mac (OS X.4). I've been successful with the
version test sample & passing back & forth the path to a file.

Someone was kind enough to post the procedure I need in order to launch
an application.
#include <unistd.h>
int exec(const char *path, ...);

What I've added:
 param = GetIndParam(in, 1); /* from the given example */
 result = ( char *)(exec( (const char *)param ));

Complies, but have been unable to get it to link (undefined symbol _exec).

I have this feeling it's something really basic (i.e. obvious)that I'm
missing. Just don't know enough about CW to know where to start looking.

Any thoughts?
Cheers,
JRW