Using Shell to Launch program from within app

I am using .NET CF 2.0 according to the Remove Programs in the CE device.

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

I don't know as much about 2.0 of SDF as I do about 1.4. It's certainly
in
1.4 and you can download that in source form from:

http://www.opennetcf.org/source.ocf

It's certainly worth $50 for what's in the SDF 2.0, if you're using .NET
CF
2.0...

You'll want to figure out if you're targeting .NET CF 2.0 or not. You'd
have to install it on any target devices that you wanted your programs to
run on, if you are, so it's important information.

Paul T.

"Mike Sims" wrote in message
news:
> I'm not sure if 'my application is targeting .NET CF 2.0' or not, I'm
> fairly
> new to .net and even newer to CE development. Looks like the OpenNETCF
> stuff
> is a purchase item ... although there is a free version ... do you know
> if
> this function is in the free ver?
>
> Mike
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:
>
>> P/Invoke CreateProcess(). It's wrapped in OpenNETCF's Smart Device
>> Framework (www.opennetcf.org). I believe that .NET CF 2.0 also has a
>> Process class or something of that sort which can be used to start an
>> application, if your application is targeting .NET CF 2.0.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Mike Sims" wrote in message
>> news:
>> > Hello, I tried to assign a simple command to a button
>> >
>> > Shell ("\Windows\fexplore.exe")
>> >
>> > It doesn't matter what I try, the execution of this code in WM5
>> > always
>> > returns an error saying the file does not exist. I even tried this:
>> >
>> > If File.Exist ("\Windows\fexplore.exe") Then
>> > msgbox "success"
>> > Shell ("\Windows\fexplore.exe")
>> > Else
>> > msgbox "failure"
>> > End If
>> >
>> > I always receive the success msgbox, but I get a "file does not
>> > exist"
>> > when
>> > the shell command executes.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know how to run a program from within a WM5 application
>> > using
>> > Visual Basic 2005 ???
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Mike Sims
>>
>>
>>