>Hello everybody,
>Here is the code of ExecuteAndWait
>Public Sub ExecuteAndWait(cmdline$)
> Dim NameOfProc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
> Dim NameStart As STARTUPINFO
> Dim X As Long
>
> NameStart.cb = Len(NameStart)
> X = CreateProcessA(0&, cmdline$, 0&, 0&, 1&, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
> 0&, 0&, NameStart, NameOfProc)
> X = WaitForSingleObject(NameOfProc.hProcess, INFINITE)
> X = CloseHandle(NameOfProc.hProcess)
>End Sub
>This function works correctly. The problem appears when the command line you pass to this function contains gaps,
>then this function doesn't function at all. examples of the command line you pass that doesn't work:
>C:\WINNT\system32\UNIX2DOS.EXE C:\Documents and Settings\Elharissa Robert\Desktop\samples\cmt.rte
>the problem is the gaps in Document and setting.
>Can any body point me in the right direction?
In the string passed in STARTUPINFO, encapsulate arguments containing embedded spaces in double quotes, to let the VDM CLI parser know to treat the string as an argument as a whole, eg:
C:\WINNT\system32\UNIX2DOS.EXE "C:\Documents and Settings\Elharissa Robert\Desktop\samples\cmt.rte"