Run an application

by **Acer_iwk** on Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:05 pm

HOW TO RUN AN APPLICATION BY A COMMAND BUTTON?

by **Acer_iwk** on Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:41 pm

every body ! please help me out here!
I am somewhat new to VB
what's code to run a .exe file e.g. "c:\file.exe" by clicking a comand button?

by **sendtoanurag** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:13 am

U have to use ShellExecute API

I m giving sample to open a site

Private 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

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim r As Long
r = ShellExecute(0, "open", "https://www.meebo.com", 0, 0, 1)

End Sub

Hope it helps

by **Acer_iwk** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:24 am

Thank You sendtoanurag ! this was what I exactly needed!
THANX for F1.

by **Acer_iwk** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:27 am

By the way what are thes 0 and 1's for?
what hapens if i modify them and what values take?

by **sendtoanurag** on Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:27 am

I am afraid I can't explain all.
Never mind u can get it here
http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_shellexecute.html

If any problem feel free to ask

by **Acer_iwk** on Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:56 pm

thanks alot that helped.

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