Visual Basic, XP and Shell (Cmd)???

XP and Shell (Cmd)???

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Mr. #1 / 4	XP and Shell (Cmd)??? With VB6, how can I 'shell' to a (argh) DOS shell? XP has the CMD and no shell!!!! (or at least, I've been unable to shell to a 'dos' shell). What I want to do is to shell to a 'dos' shell... look to see IF any existing plots file exists (ie: File.plt) and delete them... return from the shell and carry on. And while at it, how would I find out if a PC is Win98 or XP? That way my code 'could' use the Shell command if it was Win98... Any help appreciated. Bruce
Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:50:33 GMT

J Fren #2 / 4	XP and Shell (Cmd)??? Why bother to use Shell to something as simple as zapping a few files? Quote: >With VB6, how can I 'shell' to a (argh) DOS shell? XP has the CMD and no >shell!!!! (or at least, I've been unable to shell to a 'dos' shell). >What I want to do is to shell to a 'dos' shell... look to see IF any existing >plots file exists (ie: File.plt) and delete them... return from the shell and >carry on. >And while at it, how would I find out if a PC is Win98 or XP? That way my >code 'could' use the Shell command if it was Win98... >Any help appreciated. >Bruce
Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:27:51 GMT

Mr. #3 / 4	XP and Shell (Cmd)??? Quote: >Use Environ("COMSPEC") & " /c " & your-DOS-command. This should >use command.com on W9x and cmd.exe on NT (as long as NT is not >configured to use command.com). Thanks... I'll give it a shot! Bruce
Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:30:28 GMT

Alex K. Angelopoulo #4 / 4	XP and Shell (Cmd)??? FYI, anything you do via the Win9x command-line interface, you can do via the NT/2K/XP CLI as well - with suitable allowances for different syntax and (usually) improved functionality. If you are trying to use certain commands such as DELTREE, however, you will find that they are not available on NT platforms. Use "rmdir" or "rm" instead. : : >Use Environ("COMSPEC") & " /c " & your-DOS-command. This should : >use command.com on W9x and cmd.exe on NT (as long as NT is not : >configured to use command.com). : : Thanks... I'll give it a shot! : : Bruce
Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:10:19 GMT

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