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  1. October 9th, 1999, 01:29 PM #1
    Shalini Shikha
    Shalini Shikha is offline Junior Member
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    How to start a program without using Shell

    I have to execute a program(a .exe) from within VB and wait for the routines to finish execution. Can I do this without using the function Shell? If yes, how?


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  2. October 9th, 1999, 05:43 PM #2
    czimmerman
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    Re: How to start a program without using Shell

    See http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=99 and http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=219.


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  3. October 11th, 1999, 01:46 AM #3
    Lothar Haensler
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    Re: How to start a program without using Shell

    you can use the following APIs to do what you want:
    - CreateProcess
    - WaitForSingleObject

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