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Re: Problems with "Shell" command in VB

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From: Martin Schloeter
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:35
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Hi Marc
MH> I am trying my first application in Visual Basic, and it
MH> is really starting to give me some headaches.  I am trying
MH> to shell out to executable program within my VB program.
MH> Now, the "Shell" command is wonderful and everything, but here's
MH> the rub...  The executable is just a simple little program that
MH> runs with no output (it links an IP number to a share name in
MH> LAN Manager, addname.exe to be exact).  I want it to run, do it's
MH> thing quietly, and then go away.  Right now, it runs, put's a
MH> minimized window up, does it's thing, returns back to the VB
MH> program, but leaves the minimized window up!!  I have several
MH> commands that need to be run like this, and I really don't
MH> want to have 10 different minimized windows at the bottom of
MH> my screen when the VB program runs.  I have tried all the different
Create PIF-Files (with the PIF-Editor of Windows) for the little apps you start 
with "Shell". In the PIF-File-Option is a flag "Close on Exit" in the lower 
left corner of the PIF-Editor-Dialog. 

Hope this helps
Martin
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 13:35:11 +0200
From: Martin_Schloeter@eurologic.fido.de (Martin Schloeter)
Subject: Re: Problems with "Shell" command in VB
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