calling remote files with shell

[Johny_K]

i want to create an activex control that loads a prog with a remote fila as an argument. How should i write the argument in the shell(the url form doesn't work) it only works for local files
Thanx

[gwdash]

could you clarify please? what exactly do you want to do? do you want to execute files on a remote machine?

[Johny_K]

i want the activex control to load a wap emulator(installed on the remote machine) but the file will be called from my machine using its url
for example to call notepad.exe to open the file
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/index.wml
the prob is that in the emulators screen i receive
file not found /http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/index.wml
i believe the slash is the prob
thanx

[gwdash]

did you try using a UNC (//compname/index.wml) instead of a URL. most software doesn't support TCP/IP for file trasfer over a network(not that i can think of)

[Johny_K]

in vb this goes like
shell("c:\...\program.exe //compname/index.wml")
could you give me an example?
thanx

[jim mcnamara]

Shell("\\computername\disk\directory\file.exe",vbHide)

or with a share

Shell("\\Jobs\file.exe",vbHide)

Assuming I understood what you want....