Launching a .bat file from VB

[Pyramus]

How? Can you use ShellExecute for this?

 

[MKoda]

You can create a VB app with cmd button. The command button shells out to a PIF file, the PIF file contains a command line to run the BAT.

 

[WoodLark]

result=shell("cmd.exe /c mybat.bat&quot

Actually you will need to pass the full path for the .bat file and depending on your PATH, you may need to pass the full path of cmd.exe.

 

[fenris]

Why would you want to run a batch file? Everything that a batch file can do, VB can do better! Also the error handling is much more sophisticated. Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com

 

[onetomany]

You could use the windows scripting host also.


Dim MyObj As WshShell
Set MyObj = CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
MyObj.Run "PathToYourBatchFile.bat", 0