Re: win32 process

if i use psexec, how can my vb.net code know that it has finished executing
so that i can move on to do the next stuff?

"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uf24PiWQGHA.5092@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Lynn,

hi,
I am using Win32_Process to launch a batch file on a remote computer.
How
can I know that the batch file has finished executing?
thanks

It's not as simple as it should be. One way is to use a loop which
checks for the existence of the Process ID in the Win32_Process list and
sleeps between checks. Once the Process ID is gone, you know it's
finished.

There's a free tool from SysInternals called PsExec though, which can be
much more powerful - it can actually communicate StdIn and StdOut with
the client - in other words you can actually see the output from the
batch file either on screen in real-time or sent to a log file for the
morning.

Another option is using WshRemote, but that's another story...

--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)


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