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; How to run a commandline program in a new process, using the "Run" method from WScript.Shell (Windows Script Host)?
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; (c)Detlev Dalitz.20120104.
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; Test.

objWSh = ObjectCreate ("WScript.Shell")
objWSh.Run("%%COMSPEC%% /C ECHO. & ECHO.%%DATE%%, %%TIME%% & ECHO. & ECHO.Hello & ECHO. & PAUSE & EXIT", 1, @TRUE)
objWSh = 0

:CANCEL
Exit
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;   Run Method (Windows Script Host)
;   Runs a program in a new process.
;
;   object.Run(strCommand, [intWindowStyle], [bWaitOnReturn])
;
;   Arguments
;   object
;   WshShell object.
;
;   strCommand
;   String value indicating the command line you want to run. You must include any parameters you want
;   to pass to the executable file.
;
;   intWindowStyle
;   Optional. Integer value indicating the appearance of the program's window. Note that not all
;   programs make use of this information.
;
;   bWaitOnReturn
;   Optional. Boolean value indicating whether the script should wait for the program to finish
;   executing before continuing to the next statement in your script. If set to true, script execution
;   halts until the program finishes, and Run returns any error code returned by the program. If set to
;   false (the default), the Run method returns immediately after starting the program, automatically
;   returning 0 (not to be interpreted as an error code).
;
;   Remarks
;   The Run method returns an integer. The Run method starts a program running in a new Windows
;   process. You can have your script wait for the program to finish execution before continuing. This
;   allows you to run scripts and programs synchronously. Environment variables within the argument
;   strCommand are automatically expanded. If a file type has been properly registered to a particular
;   program, calling run on a file of that type executes the program. For example, if Word is installed
;   on your computer system, calling Run on a *.doc file starts Word and loads the document. The
;   following table lists the available settings for intWindowStyle.
;
;   intWindowStyle
;    Description
;
;   0
;    Hides the window and activates another window.
;
;   1
;    Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it
;   to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the
;   window for the first time.
;
;   2
;    Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.
;
;   3
;    Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
;
;   4
;    Displays a window in its most recent size and position. The active window remains active.
;
;   5
;    Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
;
;   6
;    Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top-level window in the Z order.
;
;   7
;    Displays the window as a minimized window. The active window remains active.
;
;   8
;    Displays the window in its current state. The active window remains active.
;
;   9
;    Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it
;   to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when restoring a
;   minimized window.
;
;   10
;    Sets the show-state based on the state of the program that started the application.
;
;
;   Example 1
;   The following VBScript code opens a copy of the currently running script with Notepad.
;
;   Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
;   WshShell.Run "%windir%\notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullNameThe following VBScript code does the same
;   thing, except it specifies the window type, waits for Notepad to be shut down by the user, and
;   saves the error code returned from Notepad when it is shut down.
;
;   Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
;   Return = WshShell.Run("notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName, 1, true)Example 2
;   The following VBScript code opens a command window, changes to the path to C:\ , and executes the
;   DIR command.
;
;   Dim oShell
;   Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
;   oShell.run "cmd /K CD C:\ & Dir"
;   Set oShell = NothingApplies To:
;   WshShell Object
;
;   See Also
;   Reference
;   Exec Method (Windows Script Host)
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