How to invoke system command from VBA?

[Kenmlin]

Hi,

I just need to do something simple like

dir > dir.txt

from Access. In C I could simply do

system("dir > dir.txt");

or specify the desired command as a string but I couldn't locate anything
similar for VBA. Does anyone know this off top of their head? Essentially I
want to open another application by clicking a button on an Access form.

Thanks!

[Rick Brandt]

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Hi,

I just need to do something simple like

dir > dir.txt

from Access. In C I could simply do

system("dir > dir.txt");

or specify the desired command as a string but I couldn't locate anything
similar for VBA. Does anyone know this off top of their head? Essentially I
want to open another application by clicking a button on an Access form.

Shell "dir > dir.txt"

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[Peter Doering]

On 11 Apr 2004 15:52:39 GMT, Kenmlin wrote:

dir > dir.txt

from Access. In C I could simply do

system("dir > dir.txt");

If it's just about opening another application, next to "shell" you can use
"FollowHyperlink" on the document name.

If you want to execute the dir command, this syntax is better:

Shell Environ$("COMSPEC") & " /c dir > c:\dir.txt"

Peter

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