Shell to a DOS Application and Wait Until It Finishes

Category:

Miscellaneous

Type:

Applications

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Bernt Figaro

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 5

More information:

This application demonstrates how to run a DOS program within Visual Basic. It shows how to start the program and wait until it finishes. Included is a DOS version of PacMan and the QuickBasic code for the game.

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

Download shellpac.zip