Port Visual Code C++ to another language

Question

Next, I have a simple Shellexecute code that was done in Visual C++ 2012, but because it is a closed and paid platform and because I need my customers to keep downloading more programs I would like this project to be ported to another language. I will post the main code and project link on Github.

https://github.com/zoiobnu/L2-EXE

I need this code, without needing Visual Studio , without needing more DLL’s on the client’s computer, I just need it to take the executable and run inside the game.

#define _WIN32_WINNT _WIN32_WINNT_WINXP
#define NOMINMAX
#include <windows.h>
#include <cstdlib>

// Start L2 as .bin with IP as parameter.
// You can use IP or DNS as IP parameter.
// You could include other parameters.
// You can change the path to the .bin file to avoid including the L2.exe inside the System folder.
// Author: Zoey76
int _stdcall wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE prevInst, LPWSTR szCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
    ShellExecute(0, L"open", L"cmd.exe", L"/C start l2ellite/l2.bin IP=127.0.0.1", 0, SW_HIDE);
}

Answer 1

The question is not very clear and maybe a little broad, but what you’re trying to do doesn’t make much sense.

You can get rid of Visual Studio but cannot get rid of Windows which is a closed and paid platform.

But I don’t know if this is relevant. What’s the problem with Visual Studio being closed? Does it cause any real problems? Not that I know of. And he is not paid for immense majority of cases, even the almost full version is much better than most similar software that exist around.

Something will have to be downloaded. Even if it is not a Microsoft product. The least of the problems you will have is downloading Visual Studio.

The section shown does not show anything specific to the Microsoft compiler, so there is nothing to port. There is access to the Windows API. But this cannot be ported without throwing away what it is doing. In fact this code has little meaning either. I don’t know if there will be anything else, but forcing someone to download a compiler to compile just this is a huge exaggeration. You don’t need to make a "C++ software" just to call the program. No one does this, if they want to do it differently, only you know what differences they want.

It may not be the answer you expect, but the real solution is this. Unless the question is unclear.