loading an application in vb project

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Hello ? am new to this site but i think this is the right link to follow ...... am currently working on a school rec mgt system and i wanted to load or run a ms application such as power point through a click of a button in vb.net project and am blank on this field .....can any one kindly assist me on how to do this. thanx in advance.

Posted 14-Jul-11 3:52am

soulyz ken

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To open PowerPoint (for eg) import System.Diagnostics
then call Process.Start this will create a new instance of notepad.

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Dim p as New Process()
p.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(<path of="" powerpoint="" executable="">,<file to="" open="">;)
p.Start()
</file></path>

Posted 14-Jul-11 4:03am

Manas Bhardwaj

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RaviRanjanKr · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-14T04:00:00

Solution 1

If you want to open an application or powerpoint slideshow,You can simply use given code on click event of button
Import System.Diagnostics namespace in your code as

VB

Imports System.Diagnostics

and then write given code on click event of button

VB

Dim myProcess As New Process()
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "Location of PowerPoint file"
           myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
           myProcess.Start()

and
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Posted 14-Jul-11 4:00am

RaviRanjanKr

Updated 14-Jul-11 4:28am

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Tarun.K.S 14-Jul-11 10:15am

Good answer. 5+
I think setting CreateNoWindow to true is not required.

RaviRanjanKr 14-Jul-11 13:43pm

Yeah! its not needed actually The default value is False but if user wants start the process without creating a new window to contain it. True is needed there.

RaviRanjanKr 14-Jul-11 13:46pm

Thanks Tarun For Valuable Vote :)