[RESOLVED] Is MDI form multithread?

[RS_Arm]

This is my problem to solve:

I need to download from internet various files, about 2000 per day.
I've done an app to download all this files, but it takes a lot of time to get all files because the download is done one by one, in a loop (all file names are loaded to a grid).

( My app should use all band-width, but each file doesn't have more then 100kb. )

What I want to know is, by creating multiple forms in run-time (each one to download, lets say, 10 files), do they have independent threads?

Thank you.

[randem]

Nothing in VB is Multithread...

In order to achieve multithread you must use ActiveX exe's

[RS_Arm]

Can you give me a tip on it?

Thank you.

[randem]

That was a tip... What are you thinking of???

[randem]

Create an ActiveX exe to do just the downloading. That way you can have as many threads as you need.

[RS_Arm]

Ok, but how do I execute an activeX exe?
I need a tip on this!

[randem]

Good answers require good questions...

Use ShellExecute API

[RS_Arm]

could you give me an explicit example on how to use ShellExecute with an ActiveX exe?
(is (ShellExecute<>Shell) ?)

Thank you.

[randem]

You use it the same way as with a regular exe...

You could also instantiate it the same way you would a dll, if you needed to communicate with it (or it you).

Please when asking question type out the whole question (is (ShellExecute<>Shell) ?) doesn't mean much to me in English...

[RS_Arm]

Ok. So, to use an ActiveX EXE do I will need to create a new VB project?
Are "ShellExecute" and "Shell" different commands?
If you say that I can use a activeX EXE as a regular EXE, why my ActiveX EXE doesn't show my form?

My StartUp object is "Sub Main"

'module code
Option Explicit


Public Sub Main()
Dim frm As New Form1

frm.Show

End Sub

[randem]

Try creating the ActiveX exe then setting a reference to it in your app the same way you would a dll.