some help please

[Guest gimpl]

ok. i need to open a *.xls file with excel.

I declared a function

 

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

 

and when when I call the function i get an error

hwdn not declared

 

Call ShellExecute(hwnd, "open", "c:\test.xls", "", "c:\program files\Microsoft office\office10\excel.exe", 1)

 

And is the code for file open right?

[divil]

No.

 

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()

[Guest gimpl]

Ok I did the thing above and it works. thx

 

another q:

How do I get File size info from ftp server and get progressbar to adapt to the file size.

 

Ps(any sample code would be nice)

 

thx in advance

[Guest gimpl]

bump. You don`t need to post any code, just answer the question please

[divil]

Learn the FTP protocol and use the Socket class to connect, set up the data connection and retreive a directory listing. I don't think there is an easier way to do it.