Alistair,
> Hi. I have an online registration proc, which gets the user to enter some
> info, then executes another routine as below. Problem is, there is no wait
> for the external dialog (the mail routine) to complete. It works, but is
> messy. Can anyone suggest how to hold it till the mail box has minimized.
> ExecuteFile('mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject='+regstring, '', '',
> SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE);
> Application.HelpJump('OnlineOrder');//this executes immediately.
If you use ShellExecute, you can get hold of the process handle, then use
WaitForSingleObject. What the function returns, the process is done.
Hope this helps.
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