process.start

[swapo]

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

[Phill64]

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

to open something relative to your app, do this

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

[maged]

i think you can use the shell command

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

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

rgds

[swapo]

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

to open something relative to your app, do this

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

thanx 4 ur help. really appreciated

[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

help here will be very much appreciated

[LeeSalter]

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?

[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

[jmcilhinney]

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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