| How can I execute TI-Basic programs or statements from C?

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Q: | Is there any way to execute a file (i.e. another ASM or TI-Basic program) from a C program?

A:

There are a lot of methods for doing this. The most obvious method to do this is usage of a function like this one:

    void progrun(const char *name)
    {
      char fname[25];
      HANDLE h;
      strcpy (fname, name);
      strcat (fname, "()");
      push_parse_text (fname);
      h = HS_popEStack ();
      TRY
        NG_execute (h, FALSE);
      FINALLY
        HeapFree (h);
      ENDFINAL
    }

The usage of it is straightforward, for example:

    progrun ("testprog");

Note that the program you call may throw errors. If you understand this function, you can easily expand it to accept arguments, etc. Principally, using NG_execute you can execute any particular sequence of TI-Basic statements.

See also: How can I create a program that is bigger than 24K and works on AMS 2.xx?