creating a .exe file

Hi,

I have created a visual basic program that executes from a form. How can i convert it to run itself as an executable. I want to save it as a .exe file.

Thanks,
Rakshan

Well I am just learning VB myself, but it should be pretty eassy.

Go up to File Go down and find "Make Project1.exe"
NOTE: If you saved your project as something else it might not say "project1" but the name of your file.

Click on it, and tell VB what you want the name of the file to be, and where to put it. Then save it, and it will complie the program and make an EXE program. If you want to give the file to someone and you are not sure if they have the VB runtime files, or if you used Active X components in your program then you might want to use thwe "package and deployment wizard" under the "Add ins" menu at the top. This will make A setup.exe file for your program to install it onto another computer.

Hope that helped.

You can use the shell command

call shell(app.path & "\program.exe",vbMaxamizeFocus)