Does Visual Basic have the equivalent of the C system command.

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I need to start another executable from within a VB program . After this program exits, my VB program will continue.

Posted 18-Apr-10 17:39pm

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Tarakeshwar Reddy · Answer 1 · 2010-04-18T18:29:00

Solution 1

Look at this article[^]. I am not sure if you can do it differently.

Posted 18-Apr-10 18:29pm

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kornakar · Answer 2 · 2010-04-18T20:08:00

Solution 2

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Dim wshShell
Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
wshShell.Run "notepad.exe", 1, True    'Waits here until the program is closed
Set wshShell = Nothing

Before you can use this, you must add a reference to "Microsoft Scripting Runtime" to your project.

Posted 18-Apr-10 20:08pm

kornakar