Visual Basic - Launch an outside application

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Launch an outside application

JustLearning

2005-11-28, 6:55 pm

Hi,

I want to have VB6 launch an outside application. I don't need to have it
return anything, just launch it.

What would the syntax be, please? My attempts have been along the lines of:

system.execute anotherapp.pl

Doesn't work, though.

Thanks

Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]

2005-11-28, 6:55 pm

"JustLearning" <JustLearning@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I want to have VB6 launch an outside application. I don't need to have it
> return anything, just launch it.
>
> What would the syntax be, please? My attempts have been along the lines
> of:
>
> system.execute anotherapp.pl
>
> Doesn't work, though.

Read about the Shell() function. If it doesn't do what you want (for
example, if you want to launch an HTML file without knowing where the
browser lives) then search this group for the keyword "shellexecute".

Veign

2005-11-28, 6:55 pm

Adding to Jeff's post;

ShellExecute Madness:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?co...hellexecute.htm

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"Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
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>
> "JustLearning" <JustLearning@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C9F0DCE4-89E7-4320-9C1C-253A2AD48778@microsoft.com...
>
>
> Read about the Shell() function. If it doesn't do what you want (for
> example, if you want to launch an HTML file without knowing where the
> browser lives) then search this group for the keyword "shellexecute".
>

JustLearning

2005-11-28, 6:56 pm

Thanks to both of you. I will educate myself about the Shell function. Now,
I have a direction to look for answers.

Appreciate it.

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