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In article <1992Jul31.151059.26292@cshl.org> boutell@cshl.org (Tom Boutell) writes:
>You're full of something. (: Just kidding, but he's talking about
>running an outside program with the SHELL command, not linking
>his C code into his Visual BASIC program.
>
>That said, though, linking it in as a dynamic link library is
>probably a better idea if you have the C source and can set
>it up as such.
>
>Unfortunately I'm not a VB hacker myself, so I'm afraid I can't
>help you with the details.
>
>-- 
>Tom Boutell (Editor, VOICE Magazine)
>boutell@cshl.org
>Believe it or not there is life after college. At least if you live
>near NYC.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. We have a large package written in
C (made up of a number of subprograms) that runs on many platforms 
(yes there are other platforms) and many
of the other implementations have their own `pretty' front ends (it pleases
the chattering scientific classes) and we thought VB would be the ideal
development tool with which (ie. ease of programing coupled with excellent
results) to write the `pretty' front end for Windows. To do this we need to
be able to call the package and determine, one, when it
completes and second (related point) what was the status of the
program when it completed.  I've since been in touch with MS and they 
are sending some example code to me which will do the job. If anybody is
interested I could post their answer (assuming it will work).

Herb
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Herbert Sauro                                   e-mail: hrs@aber.ac.uk
Biological Sciences                              phone: +44 970 622353
Univesity College of Wales