Help. How to launch win32 apps from VB

[kubie]

I am very new to VB. I need a command to launch/execute a Win32 app in a windows environment. To make it more interesting, I have a list of switches that must follow the command.

Any help is appreciated... thanks ...KUBIE

[Vlatko]

You have several possibilities

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
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1

ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, "mailto:[email protected]", vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL

'or
ShellExecute Me.hwnd,"notepad", vbNullString, vbNullString, "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL

Or use the Shell function