How do I get notified when a called exe is terminated?

[ravikiranvmurth]

While executing my VB application, I am calling a third party exe file within my VB application. How do I get notified when the third party exe that I am calling is terminated?

Can I achieve this using API's? If yes, what is the procedure?

[Matthew Gates]

Try this:

Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetExitCodeProcess Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, lpExitCode As Long) As Long
Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
Const STILL_ACTIVE = &H103
Const PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = &H400
 
Sub ShellAndWait(ByVal sProgram As String)
 
         Dim hProcess As Long
         Dim RetVal As Long
         'The next line launches JobToDo as icon,
 
         'captures process ID
         hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, False, Shell(sProgram, 1))
 
         Do
 
             'Get the status of the process
             GetExitCodeProcess hProcess, RetVal
 
             'Sleep command recommended as well as DoEvents
             DoEvents: Sleep 100
 
         'Loop while the process is active
         Loop While RetVal = STILL_ACTIVE
         Msgbox "App has been unloaded!"
End Sub
 
'[b][u]Usage[/u][/b]
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Call ShellAndWait("C:\App\App.exe")
End Sub