Shell command problem

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I have a window I made to run some of my visual demos. I'm simply unloading that window and running another program from it. The syntax I'm using is:
If RN = 1 Then Myprog = Shell("C:\My Documents\Chris Misc\Progname", 1)
On some PC's this works fine, on others, when running the executable of my program, they get a path error. What can I do different to avoid the error?

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[jemidiah]

You're hardcoding the path, ie: "C:\My Documents\Chris Misc\Progname". On the computers it doesn't work on, the program you're trying to access must have a different path. If it's your program, look into the App.Path statement. Otherwise, you'll have to find a way to get the path of the program you're running.

[vbsslink]

The app.path seems to work fine for my record score, but I can't get it to work with the Shell command.

I tried Myprog = Shell("App.Path\Progname", 1)

I compiled it and ran it and got a path error. How can I use App.Path with the Shell command?

[jemidiah]

Like in the other post, App.Path is a variable, therefore you set it off from the string:

Myprog = Shell(App.Path & "\Progname", 1)

[vbsslink]

I tried it the way you last showed it the first time I tried it, but I forgot the '&'.

Works fine.

Thanks again, jemidiah!!!