Q: Shell command

I just purchased Visual Basic 5.0 learning edition and as a first
development, I'm making a simple program, which just encrypts and
decrypts using a cipher exe file. The trouble is:

 
1.I've created a text box which displays the file path eg
c:\cyber\encryptme.txt. and a command button which encrypts the file
using the following code:

Private Sub Encrypt_Click()
 Dim Retval
 Retval = Shell("\cyber\cipher.EXE -e", 1)
End Sub

But how do I get the path information from the textbox and place it 
after the "cipher.exe -e" so that I encrypt that certain file???? Not 
just run the program without encrypting anything.

"Dyno" oliver@wr.com.au


A: just make use of a variable:

 Private Sub Encrypt_Click()
 Dim Retval, cString$
     cString$ = "\cyber\cipher.exe -e " & text1.text
     Retval = Shell(cString$, 1)
 End Sub

Don't forget the space behind -e!


BTW this is only possible if the executable cipher.exe accepts of
course a filename as a parameter!!!!


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