Run a command in the commandprompt

[Smirre]

I was wondering if it's possible to send a command line from VB to the command prompt or the run command on the start menu and then run it?

/Smirre

[chrisa_uk]

use the shell function to call a program-

shell "c:\program.exe"

Regards

Chris

[jbart]

If you need to, you can also use Shell to run DOS commands. So, to use the DOS Copy command you could do this.

Shell "command.com /c copy c:\file1.txt + c:\file2.txt c:\file3.txt"

When using the Shell function, you should set it's window style too or else, its going to be loaded, but no focus.

vbHide
vbNormalFocus
vbMinimizedFocus
vbMaximizedFocus
vbNormalNoFocus
vbMinimizedNoFocus

Shell(pathname[, windowstyle])