Option Compare Database Option Explicit Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long Private Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000 Private Const INFINITE = -1& ' Usporava shel ' to finish, hiding while we wait. Private Sub UsporiShell(ByVal program_name As String, ByVal window_style As Integer) Dim process_id As Long Dim process_handle As Long ' Start the program. On Error GoTo ShellError process_id = Shell(program_name, window_style) On Error GoTo 0 ' Wait for the program to finish. ' Get the process handle. process_handle = OpenProcess(SYNCHRONIZE, 0, process_id) If process_handle <> 0 Then WaitForSingleObject process_handle, INFINITE CloseHandle process_handle End If Exit Sub ShellError: MsgBox "Error starting task " & _ program_name & vbCrLf & _ Err.Description, vbOKOnly Or vbExclamation, _ "Error" End Sub