hi guys, how would i activate a

[Komil13]

hi guys,

how would i activate a dos window, run a command, and then close that window using Visual Basic?

 

[strongm]

This has been discussed a number of times on this forum. Try doing a search for something like ShellAndWait, and you should find a number of solutions with example code.

 

[SuperComputerRobot]

What is it that u want to to do in dos?

 

[Komil13]

hi SuperComputerRobot,

i would like to run the regsvr32 command to register and unregister dlls.

 

[Guest_imported]

Do u need to see the window at all

 

[Komil13]

nope ... i want it to run in the background ...

 

[MickTheBelgian]

probably just the shell(...) command should be enough
use the option vbhidden

 

[SuperComputerRobot]

Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long


ShellExecute(hwnd, "Open", "regsvr32 " & TxtDllName, "", App.Path, 1)

 

[Komil13]

I tried that. It doesn't work. I was wondering if you know how to use ShellExecute() API function?

 

[SuperComputerRobot]

lol above...

 

[Komil13]

lol ... never mind the last message about using the ShellExecute() API ... sorry ....

 

[Komil13]

hey,

the API declaration is giving me a compile error ...