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November 8th, 2004, 02:16 PM

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Executing file

How do i have a command button execute an application. (for example: trillian.exe)

November 8th, 2004, 02:24 PM

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You can use shell function in VB

November 8th, 2004, 05:26 PM

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[100% agree with darius]

November 8th, 2004, 05:39 PM

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You can use shell function in VB

How might i write that code?

November 8th, 2004, 08:58 PM

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e.../vafctShell.asp

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November 9th, 2004, 03:46 AM

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it looks something like this (this one opens a web page in internet explorer):

Public Function ShellDocument(sDocName As String, _
Optional ByVal Action As String = "Open", _
Optional ByVal Parameters As String = vbNullString, _
Optional ByVal Directory As String = vbNullString, _
Optional ByVal WindowState As StartWindowState) As Boolean
Dim Response
Response = ShellExecute(&O0, Action, sDocName, Parameters, Directory, WindowState)
Select Case Response
Case Is < 33
ShellDocument = False
Case Else
ShellDocument = True
End Select
End Function

Private Sub mnuHelpvisitUs_Click()
ShellDocument "http://dondo.bravehost.com/index.htm"
End Sub

November 9th, 2004, 02:58 PM

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So to have a command button cmdTrillian execute trillian.exe when i click it, the code would look something like this shell(c:\program files\trillian\trillian.exe), but i get an error.

November 9th, 2004, 05:22 PM

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Hello Earthsfate,

How about this:

Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim runID As Variant
runID = Shell("c:\program files\trillian\trillian.exe", 1)
End Sub

November 9th, 2004, 05:58 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesLe

Hello Earthsfate,

How about this:

Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim runID As Variant
runID = Shell("c:\program files\trillian\trillian.exe", 1)
End Sub

Thanks alot

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