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ShellExecute With Wait

 Keywords: ShellExecute Wait Finish Done AppExist Retries 

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Question:

Is there a way to have ShellExecute wait until the command it's running finishes?

Answer:

Yes. Add an AppExist loop immediately after the ShellExecute. For Example:

programname = 'notepad.exe'
ShellExecute( programname, '', '', @NORMAL, '' )
While AppExist(programname, 0 , 0  )
    TimeDelay( 0.25 )
EndWhile
Pause( 'ShellExecute with wait', 'Complete' )
Exit

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Article ID:   W17899

Filename:   ShellExecute With Wait.txt

File Created: 2014:04:03:07:30:18

Last Updated: 2014:04:03:07:30:18