Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION hProcess As Long hThread As Long dwProcessID As Long dwThreadID As Long End Type Private Type STARTUPINFO cb As Long lpReserved As String lpDesktop As String lpTitle As String dwX As Long dwY As Long dwXSize As Long dwYSize As Long dwXCountChars As Long dwYCountChars As Long dwFillAttribute As Long dwFlags As Long wShowWindow As Integer cbReserved2 As Integer lpReserved2 As Long hStdInput As Long hStdOutput As Long hStdError As Long End Type Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" _ (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long Private Declare Function CreateProcessA Lib "kernel32" _ (ByVal lpApplicationName As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _ ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _ ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _ ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, _ lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInformation As PROCESS_INFORMATION) _ As Long Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" _ (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long Private Const INFINITE = -1& Private Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20& Dim FileName As String Private Sub RunFile(FileName) Dim Process As PROCESS_INFORMATION Dim Prog As STARTUPINFO Prog.cb = Len(Prog) CreateProcessA 0&, FileName, 0&, 0&, 1&, _ NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, Prog, Process WaitForSingleObject Process.hProcess, INFINITE CloseHandle Process.hProcess End Sub Private Sub Command1_Click() MsgBox "Программа запущена" RunFile "c:\windows\notepad.exe" MsgBox "Программа закрыта" End Sub