Like to see how other would do this

[mudfish]

VB 6.5

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
 
Sub Main()
   Const SW_SHOWDEFAULT As Long = 10
   Dim strFullPathToFile As String
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\ The name of
'''''Note'''''''''''''''''''''''''\ document goes
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\    here
   strFullPathToFile = App.Path & "\SCVR 4C Acknowledgment and Consent.doc"
 
 
   Call ShellExecute(0, "Open", strFullPathToFile _
   , 0&, 0&, SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
 
 
   End
   
End Sub

How I do it in .Net

Option Strict Off
Option Explicit On
Module SCVRPrintForm4C
    Dim i As Integer
 
    Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll"  Alias "ShellExecuteA"(ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Integer) As Integer
    
    Public Sub Main()
        Const SW_SHOWDEFAULT As Integer = 10
        Dim strFullPathToFile As String
 
 
        ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\ The name of
        '''''Note'''''''''''''''''''''''''\ document goes
        ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\    here
        strFullPathToFile = Application.StartupPath & "\SCVR 4C Acknowledgment and Consent.doc"
        
        
        i = ShellExecute(0, "Open", strFullPathToFile, CStr(0), CStr(0), SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
 
        
        
        End
        
    End Sub
End Module

I get this line when I use the wizard to convert!

strFullPathToFile = VB6.GetPath & "\SCVR 4C Acknowledgment and Consent.doc"

VB6.GetPath
What is this VB6, some kind of funtion to convert?

[pax]

Hi.

I think you'd be better of using the Process class.

Process.Start(Io.Path.Combine(Application.StartUpPath,"SCVR 4C Acknowledgment and Consent.doc"))

The Application.StartUpPath is the path to your BIN directory.

The VB6 namespace is, as far as I know, only for compatability.