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[warren2600]

here is some code which works in a .bat file.
i can call it and capture the output.
my question is this...can i skip the .bat file altogether and just encorporate this into my vb app using shell?

here's my bat file:

@echo off
for /f "skip=3 tokens=4" %%a in ('reg.exe query "\\server10\hklm\software\database" /v "dbname"') do @echo %%a

i'm passing variables to the bat file for server and regkey name. I would like to just encorporate all of this into vb if possible.

thanks in advance,
warren