Hi. I'm new to VB6 and really needs help here. I'm currently workin on a simulation software "ProModel". Basically i need to open the software from VB6, and i'm unsure which command/statement to use since "ProModel" is not a typical sequential/random/binary file. Finally after running the software, the results which are in (*.idb) format are hope to be exported automatically to Excel(*.xls) spreadsheets, and i'm unsure how to go about this as well. I hope i had gave a clear picture of my difficulty. Hope to hear from anyone soon. Thanks ya.

Hi ,

I dont know ur application format,but if it an .exe file then u can open application using "shell" function in the vb6,

For example if u want to open a notepad from ur vb application,

shell("c:\windows\notepad.exe")

this will opens the notepad ...

I hope this will helps you.


Regards,

Satish Kumar J

Hi. Thanks for the prompt reply. The format of the software that i need to open using VB6 is (*.mod). Btw, i'd tried the shell method but it didn't work for this format. Any other method/statements?

You can use ShellExecute function from API's. That will open all files with the parent software.
Note : You must have the parent software that produces files with (*.mod), other wise it will failed too. . .
Bye . . .