Open dos, paste, run, wait, close

[bob323]

Any idea on how to create code for win 2000 that:
Opens Dos (hidden)
Pastes the clipboard contents onto the command propt
hits return
waits for the operation to complete and then closes dos?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I am not sure what Win2k's dos is, but change it around

Try this:

x = Clipboard.GetText()
Shell "Command.com " & x, vbHide

Don't think that'll work. The command prompt has different messages than Windows programs.