Run a command in a dos window via VB6 1

[edasonba]

I would like to run specific command in a DOS window from my VB6 application. How do I do this?

The command I normally enter into the DOS window actually runs another application to solve a specific problem. The dos window then closes on completion.

Many thanks in advance.

edasonba

 

[johnwm]

Hi and welcome to Tek-Tips. To get the best from the forum, please read faq222-2244.

For this question, you can shell to a new cmd shell, and run any dos commands:

Shell ("cmd /c copy c:\fred.txt c:\C.txt")

If you go to a Command prompt window and type "cmd /?" (without the quotes) you will get a full parameter list for the cmd instruction


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[RaVeNCoder]

If you use
Shell("cmd /c what...")
then the window will not always close buy it self
Shell("what...")
ex. Shell("copy *.* c:\")
will always close the command window when it finnished it's processing

 

[johnwm]

...Hence my reference to the "cmd /?"....

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If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ222-2244 first

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