Call external app from .net program

[696796]

Hello,

I need to open an application from my vb.net app but get it to not show ie. (app.Visible = False)

I have not done this before with .net and was wondering how i should:-

a)call the application to be opened
-i need to open a specific document related to
that program ie. a word document
b)make it invisible to my user

I have an example in VBA by my Predecessor

Sub Form_Timer()
Dim btApp As BarTender.Application
Dim btFormat As BarTender.Format
Dim btDb As BarTender.Database

DoCmd.Hourglass True
Me.TimerInterval = False

Select Case Forms![Profile form]!backupprint

Case True

    Select Case Forms![Profile form]!COUNTRY
    
            Case Is = "UK"
                        
                Set btApp = CreateObject("BarTender.Application")
                btApp.Visible = False
                Set btFormat = btApp.Formats.Open("S:\MFLabelPrinting\printlabels\KlixUK.btw", , "zebra-pprint30")
                'Opens the flavia label format ready for printing, the desired printer is selected
                btFormat.PrintOut (True)
                btFormat.Close (btDoNotSaveChanges)
                'Prints the current record and closes the label format
                Set btFormat = btApp.Formats.Open("S:\MFLabelPrinting\printlabels\KlixDispatch.btw", , "canon-pprint25.fsq.eu.mars")
                'Opens the flavia dispatch label, and selects the desired printer
                btFormat.PrintOut (True)
                btFormat.Close (btDoNotSaveChanges)
                'Prints the current record and closes the label format
                btApp.Quit
                DoCmd.Hourglass False
                DoCmd.Close
                DoCmd.Close acForm, "profile form"
                DoCmd.OpenForm "Main Menu2"

Im am not sure if it is the 'shell' function i should be using or something else, but any help is much apreciated.

Kind Regards,

Alex Marchant

 

[chrissie1]

process.start(filename)

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[696796]

Cheers,

i've already used that, which does open the specific file - i thought their may be a more detailed way to do it, so i can command what the program does.

Any ideas on how to make the app not appear?

 

[696796]

Used mostly same code as before - solved now - cheers anyway

 

[Dimandja]

696796, what did you change to make it work?

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[696796]

Basically just had to reference the bartender namespace