vb msgbox after completion of a process

Question

I am running a batch file with shell function in VB2010 with the following command

Shell("C:\test.bat", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)

This process takes a lot of time to complete, might even take a day to complete depending on the input file.

I want a MsgBox to display a "Job Finished" msg when the process is finished. something like

MsgBox("Job Finished")

How do I do that. I am very new to VB, so please help me with full code. Thank you

Open the batch project and at the end of the method, just paste your code `MsgBox("Job Finished")` — Nadeem_MK, Feb 13 '15 at 12:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '15 at 15:06

This will basically wait till the process finishes (It finishes by exiting. as most batch files do. I'm only making an assumption though).

 Sub Main()
            Dim P As New Process
            P.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\test.bat"
            Try
                P.Start()
                P.WaitForExit()
                MsgBox("Process completed successfully")
            Catch ex As Exception
                MsgBox("Error:" & ex.Message)
            End Try
        End Sub

I have already done this and this is working just as desired, but thank you anyway for your suggestion. — mamon, Feb 13 '15 at 15:12

vb msgbox after completion of a process

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