Launch DOS app & wait for return status 1

[Dinobrago]

I am writing a VB app that constructs a command string which then needs to be launched in DOS and wait for the returned status. The equivalent in VB Script is to create a WSH and Run the command ie:

Dim cmdString
cmdString = "App.exe -flag1 inputArg"
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
rval = objShell.Run(cmdString, 0, True)

I need to recreate this in a VB application. Any ideas?

Dino

 

[jonscott8]

FWIW, because the Shell is a COM exposed class of the WSH, you can still use it in VB as you do in VBS.

VB also has a native Shell function you may want to explore. If you need to wait for the process to complete, try

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q96844

Jon Hawkins

 

[dilettante]

I like your first answer better than the second, jonscott8. I thought of the second and it looked messy to explain or to implement - but I didn't even think of the first one.

You get a star!