Create a form with a command button then paste in this code. It will 
start Notepad. This will give you a good example of what u need.


Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" _
   (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" _
   (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
  
Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" _
   (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, _
    ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long


Private Const INFINITE =3D -1&
Private Const SYNCHRONIZE =3D &H100000

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim iTask As Long, ret As Long, pHandle As Long
    iTask =3D Shell("notepad.exe", vbNormalFocus)
    pHandle =3D OpenProcess(SYNCHRONIZE, False, iTask)
    ret =3D WaitForSingleObject(pHandle, INFINITE)
    ret =3D CloseHandle(pHandle)
    MsgBox "Process Finished!"
End Sub



-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Baker [mailto:miles@b...]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 9:49 AM
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] Re: EXe


You can use the 'Shell' command which returns a double of the program#s 
task
ID or zero if it fails..

Miles

----- Original Message -----
From: "maryam a" <m_ctrl_a@y...>
To: "professional vb" <pro_vb@p...>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 3:48 PM
Subject: [pro_vb] EXe


>
> hi
>
> how can i call a Exe File from Vb?
>
> tnx
>
> Maryam
>
>
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