Visual Basic, Running a program after another using shell statement

Running a program after another using shell statement

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Astr #1 / 3	Running a program after another using shell statement Hi there, I'm running a program with the shell statement (e.g. shell ("c:\test.exe")) and i want to run another program, but just when the first one ends. Does anyone can help me with this?! Thanks in advance. Pedro.
Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:51:43 GMT

adpx #2 / 3	Running a program after another using shell statement Pedro, See www.mvps.org for CreateProcess() API usage. Alternatively, read up in MSDN about the Windows Scripting Host and the IWSH_Shell interface. It's VB-callable, and provides convenient methods for DOS-like functionality. --A
Sun, 25 Jul 2004 02:44:01 GMT

news.us.nortel.co #3 / 3	Running a program after another using shell statement Quote: > Hi there, > I'm running a program with the shell statement (e.g. shell ("c:\test.exe")) > and i want to run another program, but just when the first one ends. > Does anyone can help me with this?! > Thanks in advance. I'm not sure where I found this function but it does the trick. Public Function ExecCmd(Cmdline$) As Boolean On Error GoTo 10 Dim phnd&, ret& ' Use Shell fn to launch, get a process handle ret& = Shell(Cmdline$, vbNormalFocus) If (ret& <> 0) Then ' Open the process, using handle retrieved from Shell phnd& = OpenProcess(SYNCHRONIZE, 0, ret&) If (phnd& <> 0) Then ' If OpenProc was successful, wait for the object to finish Call WaitForSingleObject(phnd&, INFINITE) ' Close the object Call CloseHandle(phnd&) End If ret& = phnd& End If ExecCmd = CBool(ret&) GoTo 20 10 ExecCmd = False Resume 20 20 End Function
Sun, 25 Jul 2004 03:53:53 GMT

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