VBS Problem (very easy)

[kiwipenguin]

Can anyone tell me how to do the following? Open a local application, wait for it to fully open and then set it as the active window. I have the following code, but it doesn't seem to find the exe file.



Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

ReturnCode = WshShell.Run("C:\Program Files\FirstClass\Fcc32.exe", 1, True)

WshShell.AppActivate "FirstClass Login"



The error I get is "file not found" on the ReturnCode line. You'll have to excuse my ignorance in VB Scripting too.

Cheers

[inkedmn]

i guess the obvious first question is...

does that file exist in that directory?

[stuka]

Another thought: do you need to escape your \s?

[kmj]

dan says you don't have to escape your backslashes in VB... he's the guy around here that knows that stuff. :)

So it's back to inky's question... are you absolutely sure the file is there?

[gish]

or you have the proper file/execute permissions.....

[kiwipenguin]

Yeah, positive. I tried that code with the full path the Word as well and it told me it didn't exist. I got it to open using the shell.open method, but I can't get VB to wait for the app to open before moving on to the next part of the code.

[TheBeansprout]

Try using DOS-style directory naming, it might work.