How to open another application or scanner?

[RB]

Our VS 08 CF app in VB can respond to a hardware button by opening a message
box.
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Select Case CType(e.KeyCode, HardwareKeys)

Case HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey1

MsgBox("Button 1 pressed.")

Case HardwareKeys.ApplicationKey2

MsgBox("Button 2 pressed.")

End Select

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What code can be used to call "\Program Files\Socket\SocketScan
Software\ScktScan.exe" instead of the message box?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

You want to call the native function CreateProcess(). OpenNETCF's Smart
Device Framework has this ability and I'm sure that, if you search the
archives, you'll find the P/Invoke declaration for CreateProcess() in some
previous message...

Start here:

http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&

You want to search only this group, so enter the group name,
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework. Enter suitable search
words (like "CreateProcess" and "Vb.net", maybe).

Paul T.

 

[Arun]

Or else use Process class Start method to execute your ScktScan.exe

Process myProcess = new Process();
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = myDocumentsPath + "\\MyFile.doc";
myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
myProcess.Start();

Refer to the link below,

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...lnk=gst&q=Process.Start+Arun#cea84c6616c951c6

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Arun

 

[RB]

Thank you Arun and Paul. This works nicely.

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Or else use Process class Start method to execute your ScktScan.exe

Process myProcess = new Process();
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = myDocumentsPath + "\\MyFile.doc";
myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
myProcess.Start();

Refer to the link below,

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...lnk=gst&q=Process.Start+Arun#cea84c6616c951c6

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Arun