Hide window with exec function

[twooly]

Is it possible to hide the window when you do an exec command.

Example:

sping="ping -w 1000 " & strComputer
set wshshell=createobject("wscript.shell")
set oExec=wshshell.exec(sping)
do while oExec.status=0 : wscript.sleep 100 : loop

When the command runs to ping a dos window pops open. Can I hide that?

Thanks

 

[tsuji]

Hello twooly,

If you want to specify windows style, you have to use .run. This will hide the cmdprompt window.

stdoutfile="d:\test\abc.txt"
wshshell.run "%comspec% /c " & sping & " > " & stdoutfile, 0, true

regards - tsuji