Sometimes programs (not VB) are started from within a VB-program
sequentially. Can any one give me a hint how i can control this process
in VB5.0 so that the second process will be started after the first one
has finished.
Thanks in advance.

Walter Steinkemper

Not sure whether VB has anything specific for doing this.  In VC use
CreateProcess to start a new process, then WaitForSingleObject to wait for
the process object to become signalled.  This occurs when the new process
exits.  Check MSDN for details.

Dave

Heres some code I use

 (Declarations)

' This section handles shell execution and waits for shell termination
Private Type STARTUPINFO
    cb As Long
    lpReserved As String
    lpDesktop As String
    lpTitle As String
    dwx As Long
    dwy As Long
    dwXSize As Long
    dwYSize As Long
    dwXCountChars As Long
    dwYCountChars As Long
    dwFillAttribute As Long
    dwFlags As Long
    wShowWindow As Integer
    cbReserved2 As Integer
    lpReserved2 As Long
    hStdInput As Long
    hStdOutput As Long
    hStdError As Long
End Type

Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
    hProcess As Long
    hThread As Long
    dwProcessID As Long
    dwThreadID As Long
End Type

Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal hHandle
As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateProcessA Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal
lpApplicationName As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, ByVal
lpProcessAttributes As Long, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, ByVal
bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, ByVal lpEnvironment
As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO,
lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long)
As Long
Private Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20&
Private Const INFINITE = -1&

(End of Declarations)

Public Sub ExecCmd(cmdline$)
    Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
    Dim start As STARTUPINFO

    ' Initialize the STARTUPINFO structure:
    start.dwFlags = 3
    start.wShowWindow = 0
    start.cb = Len(start)

    'Start the shelled application:
    ret& = CreateProcessA(0&, cmdline$, 0&, 0&, 1&, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
0&, 0&, start, proc)
    'Wait for the shelled application to finish:
    ret& = WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, INFINITE)
    ret& = CloseHandle(proc.hProcess)
End Sub

Hope this helps
Dave