how to do this in vb?

[vbbit]

Hi I need to make my exe call exact same thing as the batch file below:

@ECHO OFF
LOGOFF

How do I call this in Vb? It needs to be exact same thing. I tried shell shutdown /l but that logs off everything. The batch file above doesn't logoff everything.

[4x2y]

Try this

Option Explicit
Private Const EWX_LOGOFF = 0
Private Const EWX_SHUTDOWN = 1
Private Const EWX_REBOOT = 2
Private Const EWX_FORCE = 4
Private Declare Function ExitWindowsEx Lib "user32" (ByVal uFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim a As Integer
    a = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to logoff?", vbQuestion + vbYesNo + vbDefaultButton2)
    If a = vbOK Then
        ExitWindowsEx EWX_FORCE Or EWX_LOGOFF, 0
    End If
End Sub

[jggtz]

Try:

Shell("cmd /c C:\YourFolder\YourFile.bat", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)

[Bonnie West]

Here's another way without using a batch file:

Shell "CMD /C @ECHO OFF & LOGOFF", vbHide

The switch /C tells cmd.exe to execute the succeeding arguments. The ampersand (&) concatenates multiple commands on one line.