about using process

[Norton]

I know Process can used to call an external application like
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = myDocumentsPath + "\MyFile.doc"
myProcess.StartInfo.Verb = "Print"
myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
myProcess.Start()
However, what if i want to call a sub function which requires a long time to
process?

I am trying to use a thread to do so but it is hard to control the process
state, any suggestions?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I know Process can used to call an external application like
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = myDocumentsPath + "\MyFile.doc"

Use the '&' operator to concatenate strings in VB.NET.

myProcess.StartInfo.Verb = "Print"
myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
myProcess.Start()
However, what if i want to call a sub function which requires a long time to
process?

Your application won't wait for the "shelled" application to terminate.

 

[Cor]

Hi Norton,

Do you read the standardoutput from the shell application in your program?

Otherwise see the statement from Herfried.

Cor