Launch A Program And Wait For It To End!! How??
I have made an autorun program for my friend that automatically detects whether a certain codecs is installed. If not, it will launch a setup EXE file which installs the codecs. Now I want the program to wait for the setup program to end, and then continue launching the application... How do I do this??
I have found an article here on VB World but it generates errors.
WinME : Overflow
W2K : Says something like the entry does not exist in the library (using API)
HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!
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lpDesktop As String
lpTitle As String
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dwY As Long
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dwYSize As Long
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dwYCountChars As Long
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ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, _
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strLinhaOut = strLinhaIn
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End If
rstB.MoveNext
Loop
rstB.Close
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objConn.Close
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Dim tProcess As PROCESS_INFORMATION
Dim tStartUp As STARTUPINFO
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tStartUp.cb = Len(tStartUp)
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Can anyone give me a help with this?
Thanks.
Cheers,
Paulo
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