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VB.Net Shell() function Messages   Related Types This message was discovered on microsoft.public.dotnet.framework. Responses highlighted in red are from those people who are likely to be able to contribute good, authoratitive information to this discussion. They include Microsoft employees, MVP's and others who IMHO contribute well to these kinds of discussions. Post a new message to this list... Henning Kristensen (VIP) Hello, I am in dire need of help! My problem is a follows: The application MUST run from a share on a server (done by adding the assembly strongname with Full Trust to the LocalIntranetZone of the Machine)... The application lists a bunch of files that I must be able to execute... The file-types are of types *.vbs (I have to execute them by calling the Shell function with cscript //NoLogo \\server\share\folder\script.vbs for these to work. Other file type is a custom (associated to run using a wsf script (can be called by filename from anywhere on my machine), thus allowing me to double click on these files on my machine and they run), lets call this filetype *.ABC My problems with the Shell function are as follows, in very much prioritized order (I need to have the first issue solved!): - I cannot make the shell work when any paths have spaces in it, and I need to call it like this: C:\Program Files\[full path]\script.wsf \\server\share\folder name\[full path]\script.ABC Thus I need to use shell to call the .wsf script in a folderpath that contains spaces, the script should be called with a server-share path as parameter, this parameter path can also contain spaces. So far I have tried putting anywhere between 1 and 5 " around different parts of the two paths, but nothing has worked yet. - Shell can not find the .wsf script, when called with just scriptname. - Shell can not execute the *.ABC file, without giving the .ABC file as a parameter to the .wsf script, even though the .ABC filetype is associated to run by using the wsf script. - Shell can not execute the *.VBS files without calling cscript giving the ..vbs file as a parameter. Any assistance with this will be deeply appreciated Reply to this message...        saurabh 1) You can use the GetShortPathName API from kernel32 to get the short form of the path. this short form of the path will be without spaces. --Saurabh "Henning Kristensen" <Click here to reveal e-mail address> wrote in message news:Click here to reveal e-mail address... [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        Sijin Joseph Take a look at the Process class, it is more powerful than Shell and allows a lot of customization. Look at the Process.Start() method and the ProcessStartInfo class. Specifically check out the ProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute and ProcessStartInfo.Verb properties. Let me know if you get stuck somewhere. Sijin Joseph http://www.indiangeek.net http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph Henning Kristensen wrote: [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        Henning Kristensen (VIP) Thank you very much, that did much of the trick :o) I now can get the .ABC files to run by just passing the path to them like: Dim obj as new Process obj.start("\\server\share\folder\script.ABC") One question: How can I now when the process has exited ?? (eg. I tried to do a while not obj.HasExited, but that fails with "No process is associated with this object.") "Sijin Joseph" wrote: [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        Sijin Joseph You can use Process.WaitForExit() method to wait till the process has termintated. Sijin Joseph http://www.indiangeek.net http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph Henning Kristensen wrote: [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...        Henning Kristensen (VIP) Thank you very much :o) I actually found out about this shortly after I wrote, but your assistance has been invaluable and deeply appreciated! My code went from: dim index as integer index = Shell(path, AppWinStyle.Normal, True) To: Dim ShellProcess as new Process Try ShellProcess.StartInfo.FileName = path ShellProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = True ShellProcess.Start() ShellProcess.WaitForExit() Catch.... Finally ShellProcess.Dispose() End Try I works like a charm... Now all I need to figure out is how to thread this process, in such a way that I can make updates to my GUI while waiting for the process to exit. Thank you for your help :o) Kind regards Henning "Sijin Joseph" wrote: [Original message clipped] Reply to this message...     System.Diagnostics.Process System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo Ad MBR BootFX Best-of-breed application framework for .NET projects, developed by Matthew Baxter-Reynolds and MBR IT

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