Author: Luca Dormio
Date: 03:53:59 04/07/02
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On April 06, 2002 at 16:37:39, Christophe Theron wrote: [SNIP] >>When I run a DOS shell and type the following command manually, it works 100% >>correctly. When instead this EXACT SAME command is sent to the OS by my app >>(using VB's "Shell" statement), it only works once in awhile: [SNIP] >I see one difference between starting it from a command line and starting it >from the desktop: the environment variables might be different. You know, the >ones you set with the "SET" DOS command. Also, the "once in a while" seems to suggests problems with working directory... give this a try (in VB): ChDir <chest dir> 'forces the current directory Shell <command> Regards Luca
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