
Shell command doesn't work under WinNT
Well under NT the COMMAND.COM has been replaced by CMD.EXE who will simulate
a dos session :
To have his parameters, type cmd /? |more in a dos box.
Normally all the COMMAND.COM parameters are included.
I hope this will help.
Palmaerts Danny
Quote:
>Converting an Access 97 app from Win95 to NT;
>it has the following shell command which opens another app.
> MyCommand = "COMMAND.COM /C " & Chr(34) _
> & strPathToQVPlusExe & Chr(34) _
> & " " & Chr(34) & strPathAndFile & Chr(34)
> TaskDone = Shell(MyCommand, 0)
>This command works under Win95 but not under NT.
>No DOS, right?
>Can someone tell me how to do this under NT?
>TIA
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>Mark Hammer
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