ShellWait (2)

'Now place this code in the Form_Click Event of the Startup form:
ExecCmd "notepad.exe"
MsgBox "Notepad Terminated!", vbExclamation, "Terminated!"
'Now, press F5, and try the example.
'1.  In the declarations statement place the following line
Declare Function GetModuleUsage% Lib "Kernel" (ByVal hModule%)
2.  Place the following code in your form
Private sub button1_click()
    x% = Shell("notepad.exe")
    While GetModuleUsage(x%) > 0
        ' Has program finished?
        z% = DoEvents()
        ' If not, yield to Windows.
    Wend
end sub

'This will give you the same effect, but without as much code. This works
'in windows 3.11, but I do not know about WIN 95.
 This code will open Notepag by shelling it, and then will wait 
until it terminates to continue with the program. 
This is pretty cool, although I have not been able to 
determine a lottle bug this program has. When the program is 
shelled, the window dows not redraw until the shelled
application is terminated. Anyway, place this code in the 
General Declarations Secion of the Form:

Private Type STARTUPINFO
cb As Long
lpReserved As String
lpDesktop As String
lpTitle As String
dwX As Long
dwY As Long
dwXSize As Long
dwYSize As Long
dwXCountChars As Long
dwYCountChars As Long
dwFillAttribute As Long
dwFlags As Long
wShowWindow As Integer
cbReserved2 As Integer
lpReserved2 As Long
hStdInput As Long
hStdOutput As Long
hStdError As Long
End Type
Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
hProcess As Long
hThread As Long
dwProcessID As Long
dwThreadID As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, _
ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateProcessA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal lpApplicationName _
As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, _
ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal _
dwCreationFlags As Long, ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory _
As Long, lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInformation As _
PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20&
Private Const INFINITE = -1&
Public Sub ExecCmd(cmdline$)
Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
Dim start As STARTUPINFO
start.cb = Len(start)
' Shell the Application:

ret& = CreateProcessA(0&, cmdline$, 0&, 0&, 1&, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, start, proc)
' Wait for the shelled application to finish:

ret& = WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, INFINITE)
ret& = CloseHandle(proc.hProcess)
End Sub

'Now place this code in the Form_Click Event of the Startup form:

ExecCmd "notepad.exe"
MsgBox "Notepad Terminated!", vbExclamation, "Terminated!"
'Now, press F5, and try the example.

'1. In the declarations statement place the following line

Declare Function GetModuleUsage% Lib "Kernel" (ByVal hModule%)
2. Place the following code in your form
Private sub button1_click()
x% = Shell("notepad.exe")
While GetModuleUsage(x%) > 0
' Has program finished?

z% = DoEvents()
' If not, yield to Windows.

Wend
end sub

'This will give you the same effect, but without as much code. This works

'in windows 3.11, but I do not know about WIN 95.

This code will open Notepag by shelling it, and then will wait
until it terminates to continue with the program.
This is pretty cool, although I have not been able to
determine a lottle bug this program has. When the program is
shelled, the window dows not redraw until the shelled
application is terminated. Anyway, place this code in the
General Declarations Secion of the Form: