process.start

hi,
apart from using process.start, how else can i start an app from within my app? also, is there a way that i can use a relative path as in html, like ...
vbcode'
process.start("/myapp.exe")
vbcode.
lastly, how do i start an app from within my windows service. the app is suppose to appear on the screen at specific times; hence the service calling them when their time is due.
thanx

process.start may be the only way, if not the best way.

to open something relative to your app, do this

VB Code:

process.start(Application.StartupPath & "\myapp.exe")

i think you can use the shell command

VB Code:

shell("c:\stores\application.exe")

i am not 100% sure about the syntax but that should work

rgds

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Originally Posted by Phill64

process.start may be the only way, if not the best way.

to open something relative to your app, do this

VB Code:

process.start(Application.StartupPath & "\myapp.exe")

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thanx 4 ur help. really appreciated

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Originally Posted by swapo

hi,
...lastly, how do i start an app from within my windows service. the app is suppose to appear on the screen at specific times; hence the service calling them when their time is due.
thanx

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help here will be very much appreciated

Did you get this probem sorted, Swappo?

I need to do the exact same thing.

I've got an .exe that does a quick SQL query, sends the results in an Outlook email and then exits.

I can run the .exe and it works perfectly.
I cannot port this code into the Start event of my service because Outlook is not designed to run under a service accout.

I thought that if I simply did a Process.Start("my.exe") into the Start event of my service it would work, but oh no!!

Does anybody have any ideas?

here is the scenario which I have :
I have an external App open using the shell command but I notice that this particular App has a textbox which I want to automatically copy my data into. How do I do this?

the data which I want to copy is located in a textbox in my main project, but I want my program to automatically copy and paste the data even before the exernal App opens.

Please guide me towards the right direction.
thanks

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Originally Posted by Srig007

here is the scenario which I have :
I have an external App open using the shell command but I notice that this particular App has a textbox which I want to automatically copy my data into. How do I do this?

the data which I want to copy is located in a textbox in my main project, but I want my program to automatically copy and paste the data even before the exernal App opens.

Please guide me towards the right direction.
thanks

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