>>>Is there a way to get the current date/time from the server where a VFP application is running from? The VFP date(), time(), datetime() functions all return the date/time from the workstation. I need to be able to get the time from the server where the program is running from. I also need to be able to do it for both NT and Novell servers.
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>>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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>>Here is a program I wrote for this occasion:
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>>#DEFINE _SERVER "svrsbdell1"
>>#DEFINE _PATH "storage"
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>>THis actually returns a DateTime... also, the user must have full access to the path you specify for it to work... It uses an 8.3 file name so it will [should] work fine on a Novel Server.
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>>Bob
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>Bob you are the man.  I am using this now for date more than time but its still a great contribution to the UT!  Thanks.


Just One note, I am using this for a VFP 5.0a project and the second parameter is not supported until 6.0.  I got around this using the FTIME() function. 

Thanks again for the help Bob.

Mark Johns