Using VBS to open a program in XP

[Z1P2]

Someone suggested a while back that I should use VBscript shell to open programs in windows XP and set them in specific locations on the desktop with specific window sizes. However, I have never worked with vbscript before, and do not understand it at all. I'm pretty quick to pick things up though, and if I saw an example of a VBS startup script, I could adapt it for my needs. Can anyone point me to a working vbs script that starts a program in windows xp?

[kadghar]

Someone suggested a while back that I should use VBscript shell to open programs in windows XP and set them in specific locations on the desktop with specific window sizes. However, I have never worked with vbscript before, and do not understand it at all. I'm pretty quick to pick things up though, and if I saw an example of a VBS startup script, I could adapt it for my needs. Can anyone point me to a working vbs script that starts a program in windows xp?

Hi, sure...

First of all, make sure the Shell command is in a Sub procedure, then just run it. Its quite simple,

Note that Shell will return a Double (a number), this number is your program ID.

Sub forZ1P2()
Dim a As Double
a = Shell("c:\windows\notepad.exe", 1)
End Sub

now, you have notepath open, and 'a' has its ID.

well, i hope that helps.

[Z1P2]

I don't understand how that sets the specific window location and size on the desktop when the program is launched...

[kadghar]

I don't understand how that sets the specific window location and size on the desktop when the program is launched...

the second parameter of shell will set the windows size, i used the numeric value ('1'), but there are constants easier to remember.

once you have the handler number ('a') you can easily work with it.