Shell

I want to open up a report in acrobat reader using VB. I dont want to add any more references or components, so I am trying to use the Shell command, but cant get it to work.

The line of code is Shell ("start c:\1.pdf"). I get the error file not found. If I try it in a command prompt it works OK e.g start c:\1.pdf. Is it possible to use the start command in shell??, if so how??

Use the ShellExecute() API

VB Code:

[color=green] ' Place this right at the top of the form.[/color]
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
 
[color=green] ' Insert one of these variables to the end of the statement below[/color]
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL As Long = 1
Private Const SW_MINIMIZE As Long = 6
Private Const SW_MAXIMIZE As Long = 3
 
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim strYourFile As String
    strYourFile = "C:\Path\File.pdf"
    
    ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, strYourFile, vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
End Sub

*cough* alex, use vbCode, not Code *cough* ;)

dunno what you're on about, I did use it above - take a look :D

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Originally posted by alex_read
dunno what you're on about, I did use it above - take a look :D

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