Option Explicit DefInt A-Z 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 Byte hStdInput As Long hStdOutput As Long hStdError As Long End Type Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION hProcess As Long hThread As Long dwProcessID As Long dwThreadID As Long End Type Private Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20& Private Const INFINITE = -1& Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds 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 CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long Dim Path As String Private Sub ExecCmd(CmdLine As String) Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION Dim start As STARTUPINFO Dim ret& ' ' Initialize the STARTUPINFO structure: ' start.cb = Len(start) ' ' Start the shelled application: ' ret& = CreateProcessA(0&, CmdLine, 0&, 0&, 1&, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, start, proc) ' ' Wait for the shelled application to finish: ' ret& = WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, INFINITE) ret& = CloseHandle(proc.hProcess) MsgBox "process has finished" End Sub Private Sub cmdStart_Click() Me.Hide Dim program_name As String program_name = App.Path & "\7za e data.zip -y" ExecCmd program_name Kill App.Path & "\Data.zip" Me.Show End Sub Private Sub Form_Load() Path = App.Path If Right$(Path, 1) <> "\" Then Path = Path & "\" Me.Show End Sub