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Get handle to external program from Windows Service

I have written an application and tested it as a Windows executable. It
works fine. The application uses an external COM application to process
some existing files. But I can't seem to start that external program
correctly. I've found this code:

' Set process parameters
Dim myProcess As New System.Diagnostics.Process
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "notepad.exe"

' Allow the process to raise events
myProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = False

' Start the process
myProcess.Start()

I'm not using notepad, but that's beside the point. I need to be able
to set an application object for the external program so I can use
methods from that library to do the processing. How can I get a handle
to the external application object?

Thanks in advance.

- Luther

Jan 5 '06 #1
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