Programming PC Clock

[KeithFrench]

Having stored the current date & time in variables within ASPECT, how can I use these to set the PC's clock? Will the only way be to use VB to access the Windows API?

 

[hankm3]

Keith,

Aspect gets this Infomation from the PC's Clock.

Hank

 

[hankm3]

Keith,

Aspect gets the Current Date and Time from the PC Clock. Are you wanting to Re-Adjust the Clock ?? Not sure if this is Possible.

Hank

 

[knob]

You can't set the value of a system variable via an ASPECT script, so you can't redefine $DATE or $TIME in that method. You'll either need to use a VB app with the correct API call, or you may be able to find a program that will let you set the clock via a command-line argument (your script would call that application via the run command and pass the date and time settings you want).

 

[MatthewPeters]

Keith

You could write a VB app that accepts a command-line argument and then call that app from Aspect(as suggested by Knob). This shouldn't be too difficult to do. If you need more info post back here or make a post in the VB forum. I know somebody there will know how to write the VB app.

Matt

 

[Eric1950]

It's eay enough to set the dte and time from the dos cmd. It won't be accurrate to the second but close enough. Write a two line .bat or .cmd file with

date mmdd/yy
time hh:mm:ss

and execute it

 

[Eric1950]

It's easy enough to set the date and time from the dos cmd. It won't be accurate to the second but close enough. Write a two line .bat or .cmd file with

date mm/dd/yy
time hh:mm:ss

and execute it