Making a custom run Dialog with C or C++?

Question

Well i would like to make a custom run dialog within my program so that the user can test commands without opening it themselves. The only problem is, msdn does not provide any coverage on this. If i cannot make my own custom run dialog and send the data to shell32.dll (where the run dialog is stored) i will settle for the code that can open the run dialog from a button. So far the only information i found is how to open it with VBScript, and i would like to know how to access shell objects within C/C++ directly.

here is the VBScript if it helps (save as .vbs if you want to see)

<script language="VBScript">
    function fnShellFileRunVB()
        dim objShell

        set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
        objShell.FileRun

        set objShell = nothing
    end function
 </script>

Answer 1

VBScript's CreateObject() function just creates an instance of a COM object. You can do exactly the same thing in C++, you just need to read a tutorial on how to access COM objects using C++ first.

Answer 2

Creating a simple RUn dialog is not a big problem (the user interface). The data entered by the user can be run via ShellExecute. If you want to call the Run dialog then you should use COM.