I don't know about your VB problems, Karen, but you can use "pause for x" -
with or without a message - to hold back R:Base for a moment while your VB
executes.
Regards,
Alastair.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tellef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "All" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: Launch Program
>
> 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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