Shell command question

[LSIGuy]

Hi guys.

I am trying to write a program that will go through the shell, attach to a FTP server, and get a file. My problem is, I need to be able to issue commands such as "cd" to the shell to get to the correct folder for FTPing. How can I open the shell, issue simple commands to it and keep it from reseting back to "C:\>" everytime I open it? I don't know if this is possible, but I thought it would be nice to automate this process. Let me know. Thanks.

 

[watsi]

I don't know much but here's how to issue the command PAUSE to the shell.

Shell Environ("comspec&quot & " /c pause"

perhaps you can get the shell command to run a batch file?

ie: Shell Environ("comspec&quot & " /c batchfile.bat"