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In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools, mwh45279@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Marc Henkel) writes:

>Hello all, 

>I am trying my first application in Visual Basic, and it
>is really starting to give me some headaches.  I am trying
>to shell out to executable program within my VB program.
>Now, the "Shell" command is wonderful and everything, but here's
>the rub...  The executable is just a simple little program that
>runs with no output (it links an IP number to a share name in
>LAN Manager, addname.exe to be exact).  I want it to run, do it's
>thing quietly, and then go away.  Right now, it runs, put's a
>minimized window up, does it's thing, returns back to the VB
>program, but leaves the minimized window up!!  I have several

You need to set up a PIF for each dos program you wish to run (or
change the DEFAULT PIF)...  In the pif editor be sure to set up
"close on exit"...

- Galen -