WaitShell

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!"

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!"