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Shell call in VB STUDIO not working properly. (Advanced)?
I have a DOS based EXE that i'm trying to call. When I open the EXE through explorer, Run on the Start menu It opens the EXE with some text asking the user for a year. If i create an access form and make the shell call to the EXE from inside VBA the EXE opens fine, If i use the SHELL call in VB Studio it opens the EXE without any text. the programs default is a grey background instead of the usual black, so i know it's opening the EXE but all i see is the grey background and no text. Why does it work in VBA but not VB studio???? are they different shell commands? is there a library i must referenece?
When I used VBA I used just a basic Shell call: Shell(FullPath)
I'm using Vb.Net 3.5 framework with Studio 2008 Pro.
In the .Net code I tried the Shell
Shell( "Path" , Appwinstyle.NormalFocus, True, 1000)
So that it has some time to load, if I take out the time it does the same thing. Also tried using the process class and the
AppActivate(Myprocess.ProcessName)
Still nothing.
It turns out that the shell didn't work because it was openeing in the directory where the VB files and exe is stored. It needed to be forced to the C drive in order to properly open the exe i was giving it. (even though my exe path was the full path)
It ended up looking like this:
Shell("cmd /C call \FolderName\" & ProgramNameVariable
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- David HLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
did you use something like Shell(sstring, vbMaximizedFocus)? Are you using vb or vb.net?
I found this. See if it will work.
Dim s As Process
s.Start("cmd.exe")
