How to make a button click execute a simple exe file? 1

[GezaL]

Hello!
I am trying to create a MOTD popup window with an "accept" and "Deny" buttons, where the click on the "Deny" button would execute a "\\server\share\logoff.exe" command.
or something similar.

How do you do this?
How do you declare an executable file including the full path?

Geza

 

[bueller]

Hi,

If you simply need to call an outside executable and get back a return on if it succeeded or not i suggest you use the old VB6 way of calling into the command object.

lblnPrinted = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe", AppWinStyle.Hide, True)

Hope this Helps

 

[GezaL]

Hi!
I inserted your line with a modified path to the exe file, but now I get blue underline error on "lblnPrinted" indicating that it is not declared. How do I declare this?
Geza

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
lblnPrinted = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Shell("c:\winnt\system32\calc.exe", AppWinStyle.Hide, True)

 

[chiph]

Drop a label on your form named "lblnPrinted"

Chip H.

 

[GezaL]

Hi Chip,
It was complaining about the an integer value can not be assigned to a label, but I modified it and now it works great!
(I don't really need a feedback to a label right now)
You put me on the right track. Thanks!!!
Geza


Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Dim x As Integer
Close()
x = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Shell("c:\winnt\system32\calc.exe", AppWinStyle.Hide, True)
End Sub

 

[GezaL]

Hi Chip,
I thought that I am done, but I had to realize soon, that I am not.

I.E. the final executable runs fine on my PC (W2K)(that I have VB Studio.NET installed on, but when I try to execute it on an NT4 workstation, first it couldn't find a file "mscoree.dll" then when I copied it in the same folder where the exe file is, then I got an error message:
Title bar: .NET Framework Initialization Error
Message: Please, set registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NETFramework\InstallRoot to print to the .NET Framework install location. OK.

So, now the $64000 question is: How can I make the final executable file to run independently or maybe with couple dll files?
Geza

 

[bueller]

Geza,

Forgot to include what lblnPrinted was.
dim lblnPrinted as boolean