How to launch an Automator App from a C program?

Hi All,
I've created and saved an Automator application that I can run by double-clicking its icon in Finder. I'd like to run the Automator application with a call from within a C program.
I thought I'd be able to run the Automator app from the terminal command line like other executables but that doesn;t seem to work. If it did, I could use the C function SYSTEM(AUTOMATORAPPNAME) to run it.
Any ideas how to do this would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
-Greg.

Correction: it seems that Applescripts and some similar scripts can be called from the command line using "osascript scriptname". I don't speak automator but you might like to try it. osascript seems to come with severe limitations though, for instance it doesn't allow user interaction such as dialogue boxes.

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