question on shellexecute

[The8thSense]

Hi,

i would like to invoke another applcation in my program.I 've tried
shellexecute ,but it doesnt work .

here is my code :
ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe", vbNull, vbNull,
SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)

what amendment should i make in order to make it work ?

thanks very much.

[Nice Chap]

Dim P as new System.Diagnostics.Process()
P.Start("Notepad.exe")

"The8thSense" <th*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

i would like to invoke another applcation in my program.I 've tried
shellexecute ,but it doesnt work .

here is my code :
ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe", vbNull, vbNull,
SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)

what amendment should i make in order to make it work ?

thanks very much.

[Herfried K. Wagner]

* The8thSense schrieb:

i would like to invoke another applcation in my program.I 've tried
shellexecute ,but it doesnt work .

here is my code :
ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe", vbNull, vbNull,
SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)

what amendment should i make in order to make it work ?

Use 'System.Diagnostics.Process.Start' instead and have a look at the
'ProcessStartInfo' class.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
Microsoft MVP
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[The8thSense]

thx very much ~

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Hi,

i would like to invoke another applcation in my program.I 've tried
shellexecute ,but it doesnt work .

here is my code :
ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe", vbNull, vbNull,
SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)

what amendment should i make in order to make it work ?

thanks very much.

[Armin Zingler]

"Nice Chap" <Ni******@PlasmaDyne.com> schrieb

Dim P as new System.Diagnostics.Process()
P.Start("Notepad.exe")

It works, but don't expect p to point to the Notepad process because the
Start method is shared.
--
Armin

[Tom Shelton]

In article <e3**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, The8thSense wrote:

Hi,

i would like to invoke another applcation in my program.I 've tried
shellexecute ,but it doesnt work .

here is my code :
ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe", vbNull, vbNull,
SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)

what amendment should i make in order to make it work ?

thanks very much.

Imports System.Diagnostics

....

Dim p As New Process()

With p.StartInfo
.File = "Notepad.exe"
.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized
End Wit

p.Start()
Or, if it is a document and you want to open the default handler...

Dim p As New Process()
With p.StartInfo
.File = "myfile.txt"
.Verb = "open"
.WindowSytle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized
.UseShellExecute = True ' this is the default anyway
End With
p.Start()

HTH...

--
Tom Shelton
MVP (Visual Basic)