Opening exe's

[Jonathon Carr]

I've currently used the code
Shell ("C:\Program.exe")

to open exe files, but for some reason they open minimized. How do I get them to open maximizes?

Jonathon.

[DSJ]

Try:

shell("C:\program.exe", vbMaximizedFocus )

[Cakkie]

You can give one of the following as the second parameter, I think they are selfexplanable

vbHide
vbMaximizedFocus
vbMinimizedFocus <-- This is the default
vbMinimizedNoFocus
vbNormalFocus
vbNormalNoFocus




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[Jonathon Carr]

That's what I tried in the first page, but you get the error Expected: =

. What could I do to get it working, or have I just made a BIG mistake somewhere?

Jonathon.

[DSJ]

Sorry... since the syntax I used was for a Function (as opposed to a Sub()) the compiler is expecting a return value. You can use either of the following:


dim dblProcess as double
dblProcess = Shell("C:\SomeProgram.exe", vbMaximized)




or


Shell "C:\SomeProgram.exe", vbMaximized

[bhanuprakash]

just type in the following code

Shell ("C:\Program.exe"),Vbmaximised
.

this will open the exe in maximised form

[Jonathon Carr]

I've tried all the suggestions listed so far and none of them seem work. Is there anything I have to enable in the "Project-->Resouses" menu, or prehaps I need to have a certain setting in the properties of the form?

This is really strange,

Jonathon.

[bhanuprakash]

u can try with this
Shell "c:\xxx\xxx.exe", vbMaximizedFocus

i am using this and it works

[squakMix]

I have had this similair problem, and I tried using the last example that someone posted. the program i am trying to open is Elma.exe. And when i click the button that is supposed to go to it, it get "ELMA.RES missing!" , even though i can physically see the file, and run elma.exe on it's own.