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Shell doesn't work
Name: CyberDude Date: October 16, 2006 at 03:53:01 Pacific OS: Win98SE CPU/Ram: 1.5Ghz/256mb
Comment:
Does anyone know why the following Shell function from Visual Basic would behave differently under Windows 98SE than Windows 95? retval = Shell("C:\command.com /c c:\mailer\getip.bat") This function seems to be ignored by Windows 98 whereas in 95 it runs without a hitch. Even if you type what's in quotes in the Run dialog in 98 it doesn't work; in 95 it does. Does anyone have an explanation for this? or workaround? I know that this function works in NT 4.0 too.
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: October 16, 2006 at 04:08:45 Pacific
Reply:
c:\mailer\getip.ba
Is that bat really there on the 98SE box?
===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
M2
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Response Number 2
Name: JimPIM Date: October 16, 2006 at 06:06:19 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, Set it up as SH$=The shell info. Do the shell as Shell=SH$. Haven't done it in a long time, but had the same problem the first time I tried it way back in GBasic.
Good Luck, Jim
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: October 16, 2006 at 14:09:34 Pacific
Reply:
Have you looked for the folder c:\mailer and the file getip.bat to see they are actually present?
They're not on my W98SE but maybe they have been added.
DerekW
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Response Number 4
Name: CyberDude Date: October 16, 2006 at 14:58:45 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Guys, The folder and the file getip.bat are my creation. They are part of my program. I want to run DOS to run the batch file. I using the SHell command from Visual Basic to do this.
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