Start Process; wait until finished

[Nate Bross]

I know I have seen several threads about this. Working on a program, I needed to achieve the same functionality so I hacked this little example together; I'm sure there's a better way but this works pretty well.

 

               System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\My Documents\\Visual Studio 2005\\Projects\\eBay Search\\EbaySearch.exe")

               'while external program is running
               While bSkipDBCheck = True
                   'set program running to false (so we don't loop endlessly)
                   bSkipDBCheck = False
                   'for each process running
                   For Each x As System.Diagnostics.Process In System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses()
                       'check current process
                       If x.ProcessName.ToString() = "EbaySearch" Then
                           'its the one we want to let finish so make sure we stay in the do loop
                           bSkipDBCheck = True
                       End If
                   Next
                   'don't freeze the computer
                   Application.DoEvents()
               End While
'Code to run after the external program has completed

 

I'll post a C# conversion sometime later on.

[PlausiblyDamp]

You could just use the .WaitforExit method after calling .Start() for an easier way.

[Nate Bross]

HaHa. I have since found that and forgot to post it.