Ahora que ya me habias dado la puntita use gugel y salio algo al toq.
No es lo mas lindo del mundo pero funciona
' Shell And Wait.
' Taken Fron VB-Helper.com
'
' Edited to fit MY nedds :D
' Elemental Code ^.^
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
Private Const INFINITE = -1&
' Start the indicated program and wait for it
Private Sub ShellAndWait(ByVal program_name As String, ByVal window_style As VbAppWinStyle)
Dim process_id As Long
Dim process_handle As Long
' Start the program.
On Error GoTo ShellError
process_id = Shell(program_name, window_style)
On Error GoTo 0
DoEvents
' Wait for the program to finish.
' Get the process handle.
process_handle = OpenProcess(SYNCHRONIZE, 0, process_id)
If process_handle <> 0 Then
WaitForSingleObject process_handle, INFINITE
CloseHandle process_handle
End If
'Closed Window
'Do whatever you want here :D
Exit Sub
ShellError:
MsgBox "Error starting task " & _
txtProgram.Text & vbCrLf & _
Err.Description, vbOKOnly Or vbExclamation, _
"Error"
End Sub
EDiTO: he notado que la aplicacion mientras "espera" queda como que no responde.
a mi me sirve, si no les sirve... mala suerte