I need some help with executing a program external of the one I wrote

[Tonyn2002]

Hi,

I am new here, and am lost with this programming thing...

What I am trying to do is make a setup.exe that will point to either two different programs on the CD. But I have no idea how I would call to a program on the CD in which it is installed.

Basically on the CD I have two directory's with two seperate executables. Now if it is on a CD the drive letter changes from computer to computer...

So Q1,
What do I use in VB6 to execute the exe
Q2,
How do I tell the program where the file is located if it changes because it is a CD. Like on my computer it is D: on a friends it is E: - two different drives so I can't have the program call on D:\program.exe if on his computer it is E:\program.exe

Thanks in advance for any help

 

[Horrid]

to execute your exe file, this is the most basic way, all it does it launches the app.
shell "application.exe"


The quick way to get the CD drive (if your calling application is also on the CD) is to use
app.path
It returns the path that your current .exe is in. If your base application is in the root folder of your CD then your done, just tack on the folder and appilcation name to that.
If not use
cdletter = left(app.path,1)
to get the CD letter.

hope that covers it.

 

[Phr3t]

OK i think i can kill both q's with 1 stone. basically, in VB6, u can do a "relative link" (if u like) to another exe. ie this would execute "setup.exe" in the same path as the exe:

Shell App.Path & "\setup.exe"

because "App.Path" returns the full path of the program (without the filename of the EXE), regardless of where it is, on a cd, hard drive, whatever!

anywayz, hope i've helped

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[Tonyn2002]

Thanks for the replies

That covers it, got it working now

Thanks again,
Tony