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[steph]

Hello

I wanted to know if it was possible to create a command button and when clicked on, it would open MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

steph

[Avis]

Hello steph,

Yes this can be achieved very easily. Use the following code:

[vb:1:663bd7c426]'This will launch MSN Messenger.
Shell "c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe"[/vb:1:663bd7c426]

Now all you have to do is put the above code in a command button and when clicked it will launch the MSN Messenger. You must change the file path i have given to your path.

Hope this helps!

Thanks!
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[steph]

Thank you very much for your quick reply.

[Avis]

Hi steph,

Glad i was of some help! Hope to hear from you in future.

Thanks!
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[rbgCODE]

No offense, but shell is weak. You should use the registry to find the application associated with that application and open it that way. A good example is..

[vb:1:6511da50b6]Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long


Public Sub xstart(xpath As String)
Call ShellExecute(hwnd, "Open", xpath, "", App.Path, 1)
End Sub[/vb:1:6511da50b6]
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[Avis]

Hi rbgCODE,

None taken. I am glad to know this. Though shell would be easy to learn and implement for new VB users. But yes you're right shell is indeed weak.

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