Add''''''On to MultipleExe''''''s.

I have had a hard time with the call Shell (in VB6):
  Shell programPath & fileToOpen, vbNormalFocus 
just won't work,

This has to be written as: 
  Shell programPath & " " & fileToOpen, vbNormalFocus 

So a ''space'' is required between the programPath and the fileToOpen (or Command$). 

Next it will run fine but then suddenly errors occur. This is caused by a space within the programPath itself, e.g.:
 programPath="C:Folder\Sub Folder\my app.exe" 
will be read as 

You have to add """" to the string to solve this. 

So you have to write:
  Shell chr(34) & programPath & chr(34) & " " &  chr(34) & fileToOpen  & chr(34)
This will work fine.

In VB6 you can handle the string ''chr(34) & fileToOpen  & chr(34)'' as  ''Command$'' by the program that is called, so you can write code like:
 if Command$ <> "" then ... else...  
This is also the easy way to pass all kind of information to another exe, when you use MultipleExe''''''s.
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Apart from Shell, you can also use the api ShellExecute, this will open any file in the  the program it's associated to. 

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Category VisualBasic