I can use the code below to write a simple string such as “I love my mother to console. The abbreviated code below can output the contents (files and subdirectories of “F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98>” in that directory in that very directory. But I just want to output a simple string.

Public Sub ExecCmd(CmdLine As String)

'Dim ReturnValue As Integer

Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
Dim start As STARTUPINFO

Dim retval As Long

' Initialize the STARTUPINFO structure:
start.cb = Len(start)

' Start the shelled application:
retval& = CreateProcessA(vbNullString, CmdLine$, 0&, 0&, 1&, _
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, vbNullString, start, proc)

'//Build Command string
' exit
CmdLine = "Exit"
'ExecCmd (CmdLine)

' mmk 05.14.2004 added to enable exiting
retval& = CreateProcessA(vbNullString, CmdLine$, 0&, 0&, 1&, _
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, vbNullString, start, proc)

' Wait for the shelled application to finish:
'retval& = WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, INFINITE)
Call GetExitCodeProcess(proc.hProcess, retval&)
Call CloseHandle(proc.hThread)
Call CloseHandle(proc.hProcess)
'ExecCmd = retval&

End Sub

'MMKLike
Private Sub Form_Load()

' init some values for the query strings (note: it _always_ needs a query for YearBuilt,
' I just set it to be one less than the lowest number in the db. This is a cheap hack.
' It does get requeried on the fly, this just sort of seeds the preliminary results. The
' reason there needs to be a yearbuilt query is that everything else gets anded on the
' end, and without it the logic won't make sense to the sql query dude.)

On Error GoTo TrapIt

Dim retval As Long

' mmk remed out
MsgBox "Process Finished, Exit Code " & retval

Dim AppToRun As String
Dim ParamForApp As String
Dim CmdLine As String
Select Case getVersion
Case "Windows 95", "Windows 98", "Windows Mellinnium"
AppToRun = "Command.exe"
Case "Windows NT 3.51", "Windows NT 4.0", "Windows 2000", "Windows XP"
AppToRun = "Cmd.exe"
Case "Failed"
MsgBox "Unable to determine Os type"
Exit Sub
End Select

'//set Command Line Parameters
'//The "/C" Tells Windows to Run The Command then Terminate
'//The Command Line (CMD.exe)
'ParamForApp = " /C MD New_Folder" '//Make new Directory Called 'New_Folder'
'use /C to launch command without see windwow

'use /K to see output
ParamForApp = " /K dir"
'ParamForApp = " /C MD New_Folder" '//Make new Directory Called 'New_Folder'

'//Build Command string
' mmk must restore
CmdLine = AppToRun '& ParamForApp

'retval =
'ExecCmd ("notepad.exe")
ExecCmd (CmdLine)

'mmk 05.13.2004 added
'EndApplication 1

Exit_This:

Exit Sub

TrapIt:

errorMessage = "Error Number = " & Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description & "."
'LogErrorMessage "Form_Load()", errorMessage, 2

Resume Exit_This

End Sub