Calling other programs

[mdav2]

I am trying to write a logging program that, when run, does the following.

* writes the date and time to a text file.
* calls\runs an external program (eg minesweeper)

The user should not see the program that performs this and will only see their application.

* If possible it would also be useful to write the date and time that the program finishes.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[VB400]

You can use this as the starting point!

Dim x As Integer
Open "c:\myfile.txt" for output as #1
write #1, Now
Close #1
x = Shell("Notepad.exe&quot



Tarek

The more I learn, the more I need to learn!

 

[mdav2]

Cheerz, that works OK.
Declaring x as an integerv doesn't work but "dim x" on its own does.

 

[oneshadow]

Coz Shell function returns a double, declaring as integer will raise overflow error.
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