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how to launch an EXE from VB?

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Is it possible to launch an exe from VB using WSCRIPT.SHELL object ?
The problem with using the shell function is that the code doesn't wait for the exe to finish.



 
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Maybe the ShellExecute(Ex) API can do that for you (no experience with that one, but I see it coming around a lot in this forum). If not using CreateProcess and WaitForSingleObject can do that for you for sure.
Greetings,
Rick
 
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Yes. The Run method has a WaitOnReturn parameter.
 
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