At 06:19 PM 6/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Jessica, I'd guess, based on the errors that you are getting, that the 
>shell command isn't setting the "working directory" for the application 
>it's launching, so that when you call c:\analog\analog.exe, the 
>application is running in the directory of the VB application, so 
>instead of looking for C:\ANALOG\LANG\uk.lng it's actually looking for 
>C:\VBDirectory\LANG\uk.lng.
>
>VBs shell command doesn't seem to include a "working directory" 
>parameter, so I'm not sure what the best way to set it, but you might 
>just try 
>
>ChDir "C:\ANALOG"
>
>just before your shell command. (You might need ChDrive "C" as well).
>
>Aengus
>
>

Jessica,

You should be able to solve the problem if you can set your VB program to
run a batch file.  Inside the batch file, you could run commands to:

1. Change the drive/directory to where you have Analog 3.3 stored

2. Run Analog 3.3

HTH.



Sincerely,

Jim Fisher

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