start an application from within vb

Hi,
I'm wondering if there's a way to start another windows application from within vb6? I have the MSDN docs and there's a command "RUN | !" but the cd's don't specify which programming s/w that command runs with. Vb gives me an error when I put it in my code. Any suggestions??
Thanks mucho.

Hello bulletbob welcomne to our happy little forum!

the command you want is Shell()


eg:

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()
 Shell "notepad.exe"
End Sub

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Damn I just posted that like 5 minutes ago!!

Thanks for the welcome also!

Wow! It even worked! This is better than a free double latte!

[Edited by bulletbob on 07-18-2000 at 04:41 AM]