How do I call a Windows shell command using VB6?

Question

How exactly using VB6 can I can call any Windows shell command as you would from the command-line?

For example, something as trivial as:

echo foo
         


        

Answer 1

a combination of all

Shell Environ("COMSPEC") & " /c echo foo", vbNormalFocus

you should think in expanding COMSPEC environment variable if you wish to support earlier systems like windows 9x or me.

You can also obtain the process id using

pid = Shell(Environ("COMSPEC") & " /c echo foo", vbNormalFocus)