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Executing an EXE within MDI
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03/06/1998 08:23:24
 
 
To
03/06/1998 04:16:32
David Turnedge
Turnedge Associates
Sydney, Australia
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Forum:
Visual Basic
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00103556
Message ID:
00104334
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>I'm a novice when it comes to VB (I'm a VFP programmer) so please excuse me.
>
>Do you mean to say that the command R = Shell ("Start.exe Notepad.exe", vbHide)will run Notepad WITHIN my VB app (as though Notepad was just another window in my MDI) or will it run outside of the MDI (ie still appear as a seperate program on the Windows desktop).
>
>David.

David,

You can't do what you whant to do.
It's not possible to run another EXE and make it act like it is part of your program.
Guy Barrette, MCSD
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