How to wait for a shell process to finish before executing further code in VB6

Question

I have a small VB6 app in which I use the Shell command to execute a program. I am storing the output of the program in a file. I am then reading this file and

Answer 1

I know it's an old thread, but...

How about using the Windows Script Host's Run method? It has a bWaitOnReturn parameter.

object.Run (strCommand, [intWindowStyle], [bWaitOnReturn])

Set oShell = CreateObject("WSCript.shell")
oShell.run "cmd /C " & App.Path & sCommand, 0, True

intWindowStyle = 0, so cmd will be hidden