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How to launch an app within an app

I have a small standalone app that I would like to launch
from a tools menu within another application. What is
the best method for doing this?

tia

kurt
Nov 20 '05 #1
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In article <07****************************@phx.gbl>, Kurt Skaronea wrote:
I have a small standalone app that I would like to launch
from a tools menu within another application. What is
the best method for doing this?

tia

kurt


Shell or use the System.Diagnostics.Process class.

--
Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]
Nov 20 '05 #2
Thanks Tom, worked great!!

kurt
-----Original Message-----
In article <07****************************@phx.gbl>,

Kurt Skaronea wrote:
I have a small standalone app that I would like to launch from a tools menu within another application. What is
the best method for doing this?

tia

kurt


Shell or use the System.Diagnostics.Process class.

--
Tom Shelton
MVP [Visual Basic]
.

Nov 20 '05 #3
* "Kurt Skaronea" <ks*******@comcast.net> scripsit:
I have a small standalone app that I would like to launch
from a tools menu within another application. What is
the best method for doing this?


'Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.Shell' or
'System.Diagnostics.Process.Start'.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

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Nov 20 '05 #4

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