VB/WinAPI, Waiting for external programs to finish

Waiting for external programs to finish

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Phil Locket #1 / 2	Waiting for external programs to finish Folks I recently asked about putting up the MS Hourglass whilst waiting for a call to an external program to finish. I got a reply from Andrew Marshall which explained how the hour glass worked. The main question is - is there a way to 'watch' an external executable (called from my VB program in a Shell statement. I want to change the cursor to the hour glass whilst the executable is executing and then remove the hour glass when it is finished. FYI the executable is a C program which runs in DOS and DOS will open automatically and close automatically upon completion. In VB3 this was easy using the GetActiveModule command. This dosen't appear in VB6. All help very much appreciated, Thanks in advance Phil Lockett BELFAST
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Mattias Sj?gr #2 / 2	Waiting for external programs to finish Quote: >Folks >I recently asked about putting up the MS Hourglass whilst waiting for a >call to >an external program to finish. I got a reply from Andrew Marshall which >explained >how the hour glass worked. >The main question is - is there a way to 'watch' an external executable >(called from >my VB program in a Shell statement. I want to change the cursor to the >hour glass >whilst the executable is executing and then remove the hour glass when >it is finished. >FYI the executable is a C program which runs in DOS and DOS will open >automatically >and close automatically upon completion. >In VB3 this was easy using the GetActiveModule command. This dosen't >appear in VB6. Phil, See the FAQ section at http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/ for a few solutions to your question. Mattias ________________________________________________ Mattias "beezo" Sj?gren, MCP http://home1.2.sbbs.se/mattias.sjogren/sw/
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT

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