Declare this API call
Public Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "coredll" Alias
"CreateProcessW" ( _
ByVal imageName As String, _
ByVal cmdLine As String, _
ByVal lpProcessAttributes As IntPtr, _
ByVal lpThreadAttributes As IntPtr, _
ByVal boolInheritHandles As Int32, _
ByVal dwCreationFlags As Int32, _
ByVal lpEnvironment As IntPtr, _
ByVal lpCurrentDir As IntPtr, _
ByVal si() As Byte, _
ByVal pi As ProcessInfo) As Int32
Public Class ProcessInfo
Public hProcess As IntPtr
Public hThread As IntPtr
Public ProcessID As IntPtr
Public ThreadID As IntPtr
End Class
And
use the following code to open the app
Dim lnCreateProcess As Long
Dim iCount As Integer
Dim si(128) As Byte
Dim pi As New ProcessInfo
lnCreateProcess = CreateProcess("\Program
Files\yourfile.exe", "", IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, IntPtr.Zero,
IntPtr.Zero, si, pi)
Hope that helps
Regards,
Willson
