You're the man! Thanks a lot.

The great thing about this project is that there isn't anything that has to do with MS-Excel at all in the spreadsheets I'm working with.

Wavelength (nm),Absorbance (AU),Std.Dev....

Anyone? I hate to double post.

Thanks, adatapost. But with many Google searches, I've already gathered the information you presented.

Anyone with more detailed answers?

What makes you think that I have any code at this point? lol

I'm asking mainly for approaches. What tutorials should I look for? Any recommended API that handles this sort of thing?

Hello. I hope not to annoy you with such a question.

I'd like to read cell data from specific columns within a spreadsheet. I'm trying to read data within the following format (from the .xls...

Okay, Im still confused. Can anyone else help?

You're right. lol. I over read. Sorry.

"The GetWindowText function copies the text of the specified window's title bar"

Thats not what I want.

Thanks a lot man.

I want to use the text that was put in the textbox(the file location) to be used in the DeleteFile function.

DeleteFile(FileName)

In FileName I want the text that the user input to be used. ...

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "regedit.exe", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
cout << "Example code.\n";

system("PAUSE");
}

I'm trying to use input from a text edit box to delete a file. The input from the textbox will be the file location and the delete button will use DeleteFile() to delete the file.
...

Does anyone know a tutorial that teaches me how to code them in C++? I want to learn how to make my program send packets and recieve them.

lol Im passed that already. I declared my variables in header files that I coded. Im looking for atleast a hint on how to get the program to respond to user input so that I can execute the action...

How would I make my command line program respond to what a user types in? Im reading C++ for Dummies at the moment, and I was wondering what I would do to make it respond to what a user types in. ...