shell command

[pmu5757]

Hello
I have problems with the "shell" command.
With this command, I launch another program which last between 1 and 3 seconds.
First of all, I would like this program to be launched in background instead of masking my B4PPC window.
Then, I would like that my B4PPC program could wait for the program launched by the shell command to be finished. For example, a first image (it is an animated gif) would appear before the shell, and another one just after.

Here is my actual code :

Sub dire
Image1.Image=AppPath & "\image1.gif"
Shell(AppPath & "\ptts.exe" , "-u " & AppPath & "\alice.txt")
Sleep(3000)
Image1.Image=AppPath & "\image2.png"
End Sub

Thank you for your help.

[agraham]

Use the Process object from my http://www.basic4ppc.com/forum/addit...html#post27720 to launch your app. It will give you an event for when the application finishes, or you could use its WaitForExit method in a loop.

I don't think there is a way to start it without it coming to the front.

[pmu5757]

Thank you, it works well.
But if someone else could have an idea to run an app in minimized window.... it would be fine.