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Shell, ShellExecute : How to run an external dos program in VB6

Asked by ChrisCana in Miscellaneous Programming

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Hello.

Im trying to do something i thought would be very simple, but can't get it to work.

Basically, I am creating a VB6 application that I want to run an external dos program when I push a button.

The name of the external program is sbagen.exe and it needs to run switches -q 120 and then read from a text file (test.txt.) It plays music tones. So, IF I were running it directly from a command prompt I would type: sbagen -q 120 text.txt, and it would run and play fine.

However, I try the following code in VB6, and when i click the button (ShellOut), I see the command prompt flash on my screen for a split second and then vanish and not play.

Private Sub ShellOut_Click()
    Dim DoseFile As String
    Dim SoundLaunch As String
    DoseFile = "test.txt"
    SoundLaunch = "e:\download\sbagen\sbagen.exe " & "-q " & "120 " & DoseFile
    Shell (SoundLaunch), vbMaximizedFocus
End Sub

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