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Using the Shell command

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frakman

frakman

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Jul 26, 2002
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Hello,

I am writing a program in VB that runs .exe files using the shell("c:\filelocation\file.exe") command when the appropiate box is checked. Is there any way to use the shell command so that another shell will wait until the previous .exe has finished?

thnaks for your time
Jon
 
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Yep,

The answers in the FAQ

faq222-428

Take Care

Matt
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