Visual Basic

Shell function to call executable files from your application.In this function two arguments are accepted one is program name and other is window state of program (1- for normal mode ie: VbNormal ; VbMaximized,VbMinimized)

Private Sub Form_Load( )
Dim r as variant
r =Shell ("Calc.exe,1);
End Sub


AppActivate Statement


Send Keys

Values to submitted in sendkeys

Shift ------ +
Control ----- ^
Alt ------ %
Backspace ---- {BACKSPACE}
Break ---- {BREAK}
Caps ---- {CAPSLOCK}
Clear -------- {CLEAR}
Del --------- {DELETE}
DownArrow ---- {DOWN}
End ---- {END}
Enter -------- {ENTER}
Esc ---------- {ESCAPE}
Help --------- {HELP}
etc.................................

Five arguments for MessageBox

MessageBox(Message,style,heading,helpfile,helpcontextid);