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Opening the calculator

im trying to write a program that when a button is pressed, it will open the windows calculator located in c:\windows\system32.
i have tries using the shell command and i always get an error of some kind. can someone please help me?
Mar 19 '08 #1
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im trying to write a program that when a button is pressed, it will open the windows calculator located in c:\windows\system32.
i have tries using the shell command and i always get an error of some kind. can someone please help me?
Try this
place on your button
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  1. Diagnostics.Process.Start("Path") ' "Path" = path to exec for calc
  2.  
hope this helps
Mar 19 '08 #2
lotus18
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Try this
place on your button
Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. Diagnostics.Process.Start("Path") ' "Path" = path to exec for calc
  2.  
hope this helps
What language is this?

Try

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  1. Shell "c:\windows\system32\calc.exe"
Rey Sean
Mar 20 '08 #3
Killer42
8,435 Expert 8TB
What language is this?
Diagnostics.Process.Start is part of the .Net framework.
Mar 20 '08 #4
use following coding.........

Dim Batfile as string
dim executwDOSCommand as ApplicationStartConstants
Batfile="c:\path for calculator.exe"
ExecutwDOSCommand=shell("" "" & Batfile & "")

Regards,
Hemant K
Mar 20 '08 #5

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