invoke a function synchronously

Hi,

I have a procedure that executes an external vbscript file using
ShellExecute as listed below.
Immediately after that, I will read whatever in a text file which
is the output of that vbscript file.

The problem is that the vbscript file is executed asynchronously,
and I always end up opening an empty text file because the vbscript
file is still running. How can I wait until the vbscript is done?
Thanks a lot.

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"ShellExecuteA" .....

Take a look intothe Process.Start method.

mProcess = New Process

With mProcess.StartInfo

.FileName = ("file.exe")

.Arguments = commandLineArgs

.UseShellExecute = False

.CreateNoWindow = True

End With

mProcess.Start()

mProcess.WaitForExit()





<leochen76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a procedure that executes an external vbscript file using
> ShellExecute as listed below.
> Immediately after that, I will read whatever in a text file which
> is the output of that vbscript file.
>
> The problem is that the vbscript file is executed asynchronously,
> and I always end up opening an empty text file because the vbscript
> file is still running. How can I wait until the vbscript is done?
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
> "ShellExecuteA" .....
>

I'm sorry, but I mean how to do that in vb6.

This is the VB.NET newsgroup. microsoft.public.vb.* would be what you are
after.

<leochen76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm sorry, but I mean how to do that in vb6.
>