shellwait.bas

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Attribute VB_Name = "ShellWait"
'Thanks to http://www.vbthunder.com/ for this great Routine!

Option Explicit

Public Type STARTUPINFO
     cb As Long
     lpReserved As String
     lpDesktop As String
     lpTitle As String
     dwX As Long
     dwY As Long
     dwXSize As Long
     dwYSize As Long
     dwXCountChars As Long
     dwYCountChars As Long
     dwFillAttribute As Long
     dwFlags As Long
     wShowWindow As Integer
     cbReserved2 As Integer
     lpReserved2 As Long
     hStdInput As Long
     hStdOutput As Long
     hStdError As Long
End Type
Public Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
     hProcess As Long
     hThread As Long
     dwProcessID As Long
     dwThreadID As Long
End Type
Public Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
     hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function CreateProcessA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
     lpApplicationName As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, ByVal _
     lpProcessAttributes As Long, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
     ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
     ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, _
     lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInformation As _
     PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
     hObject As Long) As Long
Public Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20&
Public Const INFINITE = -1&

Public Sub ShellAndWait(ByVal RunProg As String)
     Dim RetVal As Long
     Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
     Dim StartInf As STARTUPINFO
     StartInf.cb = Len(StartInf)
     'Execute the given path
     RetVal = CreateProcessA(0&, RunProg, 0&, 0&, 1&, _
          NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, StartInf, proc)

     'Disable this app until the executed one is done
     RetVal = WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, INFINITE)
     RetVal = CloseHandle(proc.hProcess)
End Sub