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've found a better & simpler solution:

Dim processID = Shell("C:/path/to/process.exe " + args
Dim p As Process = Process.GetProcessById(processID)
p.WaitForExit()

and then you just continue with your code. Hope it helps ;-)