I'm trying to launch to a small VB .exe I wrote that
collects data from one of those machines like the FedEx
people have for the customer to sign.
My RBase program will collect some data from the user up
front, then hopefully launch my VB form, then return to
RBase to do other processing.
I looked at some messages I saved about this topic and
report the following:
1. A simple 'launch filename.exe' will launch the VB form
but it continues on with the RBase program, not waiting.
2. I can put a 'pause 1 using ....' immediately after the
launch but you do see this message for a couple seconds
while the VB form is loading, so it can be confusing and
it does cause the user to hit an unnecessary key when he
returns back to RBase.
3. I tried zipping to a batch file with:
SET VAR vcomspec = (ENVVAL("COMSPEC"))
ZIP &vComSpec /C filename.bat
The batch file has:
start /wait c:\filename.exe
The RBase program disappears, another open window at random
seems to come up and take over the screen, I see the DOS
box open, then my VB form comes up. When I exit the VB form,
I am back in RBase.
So I guess I can say this works, except it's kinda ugly with
my word processor all of a sudden back on my screen, a DOS
box on top of that, and my VB form on top of that! Any way to
clear up all this clutter?
Also, I'm running Win98. If the computer running is Win2K,
what should the batch file say instead of the line above?
Karen
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