>Dear Experts
>
>To change system date programatically I use following method
>
>lcCmd = GETENV("ComSpec") + [ /C ]
>lcCmd = lcCmd + [ DATE 04-01-2005"
>loShell = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.shell")
>= loShell.Run(lcCmd,1,.t.)
>
>This works fine but I want to change system date with date given in a textbox.
>
>To do this there is a date type textbox containing value 04-10-1975
>And there is a command button having following code
>
>lcCmd = GETENV("ComSpec") + [ /C ]
>DATE1=thisform.text2.Value
>lcCmd = lcCmd + [ date ] + DATE1
>loShell = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.shell")
>= loShell.Run(lcCmd,1,.t.)
>
>But it does not work and shows error message, Operator/Operant type mismatch.
>
>Please help
I suspect the variable Date1 is of type date. Comparing with your first sample, the one that works, it seems you have to convert that to type caracter. You might use the dtoc() function for this.
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