[2008]Processstart Q

[goldenix]

If I use Shell(myapp.exe) how is it different than double clicking on the myapp.exe ?

see the thing is that myapp.exe is written in other language(autoitscript) & it supposed to read contents of 1 .*txt file, but it fails to open that *.txt file if I use Shell(myapp.exe) in vb to start myapp.exe.

Now if I double click on the myapp.exe then it has no problems with reading file contents.

so as you see this is "magic" again....

any questions or ideas what may causing it?

[obi1kenobi]

Are there any errors encountered? And it would be good to see the code that opens myapp.exe.

[goldenix]

This is how I open myapp.exe & it gives no error, it does start the myapp.exe & then myapp.exe errors if i use this code to launch it.

            Dim _process = My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory & "\myapp.exe"
            Dim objProcess As System.Diagnostics.Process
            Try
                objProcess = New System.Diagnostics.Process()
                objProcess.StartInfo.FileName = _process
                objProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
                objProcess.Start()

                'Wait until the process passes back an exit code 
                objProcess.WaitForExit()

                'Free resources associated with this process
                objProcess.Close()
            Catch
                MessageBox.Show("Could not start process " & _process, "Error")
            End Try

[jmcilhinney]

Where exactly is the TXT file? Is it in the same folder as myapp.exe? Where exactly is myapp.exe? Is it in the same folder as the VB app you're using to start it?

[obi1kenobi]

It seems to me that My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory may be the cause of the problem. Try debugging and see what it's value is.

[goldenix]

I also attached the folder structure:

so basically [I]WindowsApplication1\WindowsApplication1\bin\Debug\WindowsApplication1.exe[/I] should launch \config\_deadlinkscheck.exe & \config\_deadlinkscheck.exe should read first line of text from _deadlinks_temp

now this all works fine, if I double click the _deadlinkscheck.exe , but if I use VB to launch _deadlinkscheck.exe then i get error

Debugger showed correct dir where the files

[Half]

Set the working directory of the startinfo to the folder where your exe is. objProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory