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siddhant3s, your code works. I can now successfully pass the variable pi from a calling program, and it is received by the called program, and I verify it is a true float. I have also succ mixed...

Comatose, that was my reasoning also, and your suggestion

system("AdjustSeaLevel.exe " + tosend;

was one of the first I tried. It generates these compiler errors:

Cannot convert...

Comatose, thanks for your suggestions. I am using Windows XP, Borland Builder 4 and its built-in editor and compiler. I tried your first suggestion--with those headers,

system("AdjustSeaLevel.exe...

I have been searching my texts, the web, and DaniWeb for information about how to share data between compiled C++ executables. I've been studying extern variables and named pipes without success. A...

My attempts to implement Vijayan121's solution is generating
incomprehensible (to me) compiler errors. Let me show you how
I tried to implement the solution, which should isolate my mistakes.

1....

I was once trained in C and C++ and am now brushing off the
cobwebs and relearning C++. I am restudying the Borland C++
Builder and realized I needed to know more C++, so I began
restudying Visual...