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Thanks emoreau, that did the trick! <br />

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Hello,<br />
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I use a third party application...I believe that application was written in C. That application folder has, one exe and 13 dll files. Say, this application is present in C:\pace\app.exe along with the dll files.<br />
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When I double click this exe from Windows, the application opens and I am getting the first menu screen. Then, I naviagated to C:\pace in command prompt and typed app.exe. Again, the application opens and I am getting the first menu screen.<br />
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Now, I want to open the application through VB...To test this, I just put a command on a form and put the Shell statement code in Command1_click.<br />
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It opens a window for the application, but is a blank white window...I know the window is that of application, but why is it blank...why I am not getting the menu screen I was getting by just double clicking it or from the command prompt..I tried different methods of shelling using command.com, comspec etc..everything gives the same result..just opens a blank window! <br />
I am sure my shell code is correct, but I believe it may have something to do with dlls or paths etc...<br />
<br />
Could any one please help me out here..Please bear with me as I am short of points..<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />

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Hello,

I use a third party application...I believe that application was written in C. That application folder has, one exe and 13 dll files. Say, this application is present in C:\pace\app.exe along with the dll files.

When I double click this exe from Windows, the application opens and I am getting the first menu screen. Then, I naviagated to C:\pace in command prompt and typed app.exe. Again, the application opens and I am getting the first menu screen.

Now, I want to open the application through VB...To test this, I just put a command on a form and put the Shell statement code in Command1_click.

It opens a window for the application, but is a blank white window...I know the window is that of application, but why is it blank...why I am not getting the menu screen I was getting by just double clicking it or from the command prompt..I tried different methods of shelling using command.com, comspec etc..everything gives the same result..just opens a blank window! 
I am sure my shell code is correct, but I believe it may have something to do with dlls or paths etc...

Could any one please help me out here..Please bear with me as I am short of points..

Thanks


Opening an application through VB

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.