Haven't had time to test it yet - but thanks for the input.
I don't suppose you've got a URL with a bit more info have you?
Mainly what the comspec and the /c mean?
Thanks
Andi
"Gareth" wrote in message
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Try something like this:
Shell Environ("comspec") _
& " /c dir c:\temp " _
& " c:\temp.txt", vbHide
It should work.
(I write "should" work - it does work, I tested it! It's not my code, it
was posted by someone called Rick Rothstein, clearly a very nice man, in
a VB NG back in 1999.)
Tara
Andibevan wrote:
Hi Gareth - Thanks for the solution but I am having some problems.
Can you try and see if you can get it to work using "Dir C:\test.txt"
as I
am having problems getting shell commands to write to a file.
All I need to know is how to get the bit working that actually creates
the
file.
Ta
Andi
"Gareth" wrote in message
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There might well be a more elegant solution (and indeed this might not
work) but you could try using "" to output the returned data to a file
rather than the screen. e.g.
Function fcnGetConfigLocation() as string
DIm var as long
Dim myPath as string
DIm F as integer
Var = Shell("Getconfig c:\temp.txt")
'assuming file just contains one path
F= Freefile
open "c:\temp.txt" for input as #F
input #F, mypath
close #F
kill "c:\temp.txt"
'check path exists
myPath = trim(mypath)
if dir(mypath) < "" then _
fcnGetConfigLocation = myPath
End Function
HTH,
Gareth
Andibevan wrote:
Hi All,
I have a dos command that lists the location of a config file
associated
with a program.
This works fine from a dos prompt but can I use the Shell command in
such a
way that the location of the config file can be returned into VBA?
Something like Var = Shell("Getconfig") (I am aware that doing this
merely
would set Var = process thread associated with shell)
Thanks
Andi