VB Forum / COM / November 2003

Use the following API function.

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll"
Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal
lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal
lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal
nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Refer to the documentation, on using the above API
function, given in the below link.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?
url=/archive/en-us/dnarvb4/html/msdn_shelexec.asp

Why don't you just use the built-in VB  shell command?

Try:
Shell "cmd"

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