invoke a function synchronously

[leochen76]

Hi,

I have a procedure that executes an external vbscript file using
ShellExecute as listed below.
Immediately after that, I will read whatever in a text file which
is the output of that vbscript file.

The problem is that the vbscript file is executed asynchronously,
and I always end up opening an empty text file because the vbscript
file is still running. How can I wait until the vbscript is done?
Thanks a lot.

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"ShellExecuteA" .....

[Ray Cassick]

Take a look intothe Process.Start method.

mProcess = New Process

With mProcess.StartInfo

.FileName = ("file.exe")

.Arguments = commandLineArgs

.UseShellExecute = False

.CreateNoWindow = True

End With

mProcess.Start()

mProcess.WaitForExit()

<le*******@hotmail.comwrote in message
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Hi,

I have a procedure that executes an external vbscript file using
ShellExecute as listed below.
Immediately after that, I will read whatever in a text file which
is the output of that vbscript file.

The problem is that the vbscript file is executed asynchronously,
and I always end up opening an empty text file because the vbscript
file is still running. How can I wait until the vbscript is done?
Thanks a lot.

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"ShellExecuteA" .....

[leochen76]

I'm sorry, but I mean how to do that in vb6.

[Luke R]

This is the VB.NET newsgroup. microsoft.public.vb.* would be what you are
after.

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I'm sorry, but I mean how to do that in vb6.