Opening apps..

**karrhacker** · 07-23-2006, 12:03 AM

I would love to know the secret to openning .exe's and setting them with in a form.. everything i have tried comes close but fails... i have tried the shell command works but leaves the file hidden in the task bar.. I am using vb6... I would also like to know how to remove the headers...

Thanks in advance..

**karrhacker** · 07-26-2006, 07:54 PM

What nobody know's or is willing to tell me???

**DeltaFX** · 07-27-2006, 02:25 PM

its written in delphi, but VB isn't that different :

Launch an app :
ShellExecute(0,nil,Pchar(AppExeName),nil,Pchar(App Path),SW_SHOWDEFAULT);

Find app's handle :
MyAppHndl:=FindWindow(nil,Pchar(AppCaption));

Set app's Parent, previously it was desktop, now its your object (here a panel) :
Windows.SetParent(MyAppHndl , MyPanel.Handle);

About removing header, that's an other story, it depends if your app can accept Windows messages... Have a look on the MSDN, and try a sendMessage(YourAppHandle, WM_BLAHBLAH_REMOVEHEADER.....)