Loading an external file (beginner post)

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

29 Jun 2005 4:23 PM

Dennis Jackson

I have just started to learn VB. I have console program which loads another
..exe file. How can i get it to do this i have tried searching help but that
is only returning how to make web service load one.
Jeff

29 Jun 2005 4:40 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Dennis Jackson" <dennisjackson***@hotmail.com> schrieb:
>I have just started to learn VB. I have console program which loads another
>.exe file.

If you want to start another EXE file:

\\\
Shell("C:\foo.exe")
///

Alternative solutions:

Opening files, applications, Web documents, and the mail client
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=openfileappwebpage&lang=en>

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