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Submitted By: Xenon

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Last Modified: October 27, 2005

Instructions: take a form and add a command button to it, name it as cmdExec.

'I have made the code to run the calculator, which
' is present in every Windows Based PC.
'the command button click() event triggers
'the application to run.
'General Syntax is
RetVal = Shell([Pathname of EXE],[WindowStyle As vbAppWinStyle = vbMinimisedFocus])
'----------------CODE--------------------
Private Sub cmdExec_Click() ' cmdExec is the name of the command button on any form.
Dim RetVal
RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\System32\calc.exe", 1) ' Run Calculator.
End Sub
'---------------------------------------

Comments
denmont 2007-11-06 20:22:26
i would like to use a variable in place of a hard code file name. example: MyFile as String MyFile = "drawing.3dm" call shell("c:\rhino.exe c:\MyFile",3)
vishnudba 2008-04-24 07:01:11
Will it work for all exes
Jaalenn 2008-11-20 01:00:30
To answer this old question, yes. All you have to do is change RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\System32\calc.exe", 1) to RetVal = Shell("C:\File Location\Filename.exe", 1) Be sure to substitute the proper filepath for your exe.