call exe and pass in parameters

[mjlong999]

I normally call an .exe file from the command prompt or using a .bat file, and pass it parameters. I would like to automate this using a vb program.

I have tried the shell visual basic function, but it doesn't seem to handle parameters. I also tried to use the SendKeys function with the shell function to pass in the paramters, but it truncates the data I'm sending in.

Any ideas would be appreciated...

Thanks,

mjlong

 

[sunaj]

Hi,

I'm not sure if you mean making a VB program that takes parameters or calling an external progam that take parameters. Anyway both is possible:

Shell works with parameters, try :
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Shell "notepad c:\autoexec.bat"
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to verify.

To pick up the parameters in a vb exe, look in the command$ string:
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Sub Main()
MsgBox "You passed '" & Command$ & "' as parameters to this program."
End Sub
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Sunaj
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