Import and run a software in VB.net project

Question

I want to import and run a another app using Process.Start. But I cannot import exe files to my vb project. How do I do this... Again, I want to add another exe file to my project... I know how Process.Start works but it's only run program out of this project.
Thank you

The best solution is to make DLL of that project and import it into your current project — Vivek S., Jun 03 '21 at 13:02
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3864404/17034, pick the EXE file. — Hans Passant, Jun 03 '21 at 13:14

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '21 at 18:51

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In general you have two options.

You can ship/pack/distribute the other exe with your programm. And just execute it from the path that your exe is runing from something like IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly.Location) & "\Another.exe"

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You can embed the another file as a resource into your resources (My project/Resources/Add Resource/Add existing file). Distribute your single exe. And then save that internal resource (My.Resources.YourFileName.Save(..)) to some directory (like IO.Path.GetTempPath) and execute it with Process.Start

answered Jun 04 '21 at 18:51

PavlinII

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Please can you show me an example.. Because I'm new to VB.NET – NoobNotFound Jun 05 '21 at 06:03
Example of what? I tried to give you example of functions that you'll need. – PavlinII Jun 07 '21 at 11:57

Import and run a software in VB.net project

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