Shell Function??? 1

[mjcotter]

I am using the Shell function, but I need the program/task to finish before
moving on to the next statement(s).

From the VB Help...
"By default, the Shell function runs other programs asynchronously. This
means that a program started with Shell might not finish executing before
the statements following the Shell function are executed."

Any way to take it off of default???

Thanks!

 

[dotnetprogrammer]

I am too seeking for a solution to that problem.
I used ShellExecute API function. Still, the program seems to run asynchronously.
I hope someone out there has a good solution to that problem.
fred

 

[dsi]

Check out faq222-428

 

[mjcotter]

Thanks, DSI!!! FAQ222-428 seems to do the trick. Your
input is greatly appreciated.

 

[dotnetprogrammer]

Thanks to DSI! Routine described in this FAQ worked very well!
fred