Shell out to wordpad executes next inst before shellout

[sfr10000]

If I shell out to NotePad it works fine, but if I Shell out to WordPad the instructions after the shell out get executed before the Shell Out. The only way I have found to make it work correctly is to put a "Wait" following the Shell out. I'm sure it's somthing simple but so far I cant seem to figure it out.

 

[baltman]

Use do while findwindow() <=0. Might want to error out if it takes too ling. See example here faq184-2725. Also, use sleep API instead of wait. Not affected by users and CPU friendly.

DECLARE Sleep IN Win32API INTEGER

sleep(100)

 

[Mike Lewis]

The only way I have found to make it work correctly is to put a "Wait" following the Shell out.

I do exactly the same. As you have found, you have to wait for the target application to load. Wordpad probably takes longer to load than Notepad simply because it's bigger.

That said, I agree with Baltman that the way to do the wait state is with Sleep().

In fact, you should do this with Notepad as well. It might load "instantly" on your system, but you can never be sure that's the case for the end user.

Mike

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