Attribute VB_Name = "Shell"
Option Explicit
'API STUFF ====================================================================
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
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Private Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Private Const ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND = 2&
Private Const ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND = 3&
Private Const ERROR_BAD_FORMAT = 11&
Private Const SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED = 5
Private Const SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE = 27
Private Const SE_ERR_DDEBUSY = 30
Private Const SE_ERR_DDEFAIL = 29
Private Const SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT = 28
Private Const SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND = 32
Private Const SE_ERR_FNF = 2
Private Const SE_ERR_NOASSOC = 31
Private Const SE_ERR_OOM = 8
Private Const SE_ERR_PNF = 3
Private Const SE_ERR_SHARE = 26
'strProgram is the name of a program to run, or a file to open
'EX: calc.exe or c:\test.doc or http:\\www.microsoft.com
Public Sub RunProgram(strProgram As String)
Dim lRet As Long ' Get the return value
' Execute the API call
lRet = ShellExecute(vbNull, "", strProgram, "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL)
'Stampa il file
' lRet = ShellExecute(vbNull, "open", strProgram, "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL) 'print
' If ShellExecute works it will return a number greate than 32
' Otherwise call our ReportError function to see what went wrong
If lRet <= 32 Then
ReportShellExecuteError (lRet)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ReportShellExecuteError(lErrNum As Long)
Dim strErr As String
Select Case lErrNum
Case ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
strErr = "The specified file was not found."
Case ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND
strErr = "The specified path was not found."
Case ERROR_BAD_FORMAT
strErr = "The .exe file is invalid (non-Win32® .exe or error in .exe image)."
Case SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED
strErr = "The operating system denied access to the specified file. "
Case SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE
strErr = "The file name association is incomplete or invalid."
Case SE_ERR_DDEBUSY
strErr = "The DDE transaction could not be completed because other DDE transactions were being processed."
Case SE_ERR_DDEFAIL
strErr = "The DDE transaction failed."
Case SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT
strErr = "The DDE transaction could not be completed because the request timed out."
Case SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND
strErr = "The specified dynamic-link library was not found. "
Case SE_ERR_FNF
strErr = "The specified file was not found. "
Case SE_ERR_NOASSOC
strErr = "There is no application associated with the given file name extension. This error will also be returned if you attempt to print a file that is not printable."
Case SE_ERR_OOM
strErr = "There was not enough memory to complete the operation."
Case SE_ERR_PNF
strErr = "The specified path was not found."
Case SE_ERR_SHARE
strErr = "A sharing violation occurred."
End Select
MsgBox strErr, vbExclamation, "Error running program"
End Sub
