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Aug 11th, 2000, 02:16 PM
#1
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how would i go about opening a .exe from vb?
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Aug 11th, 2000, 02:22 PM
#2
transcendental analytic
Shell "C:\yourdir\yourapp.exe", vbNormalFocus
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Aug 11th, 2000, 02:22 PM
#3
Use the Shell function.
Code:
Shell "C:\file.exe", vbNormalFocus
Or you could use the ShellExecute Function which will open any file.
Code:
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
Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
ShellExecute Me.hwnd, vbNullString, "C:\txtfile.txt", vbNullString, "c:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
[Edited by Matthew Gates on 08-11-2000 at 03:28 PM]
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Aug 11th, 2000, 03:35 PM
#4
Just incase you're interested, you can also open non-EXE files by passing the filename as the command line argument.
Code:
Shell "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe C:\MyTextFile.txt", vbNormalFocus
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