ust 09, 2001 2:07 PM
To: Michael Carmody
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: A little off topic - VB & Perl
You can use the Shell function, according to my ancient VB 3.0 manual:
Dim TaskId, Style
TaskId = Shell ("perlscript.bat", Style)
Simple? However:
* You should also
urse, all this could have changed in the past 8 years...
-Original Message-
From: Michael Carmody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 08 August, 2001 22:22
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: A little off topic.
Having crafted my masterpiece in perl, I now need to get it to run from
wi
any VB/VBScript/JScript code.
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>- Original Message -
>From: "Michael Carmody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:21 PM
>Subject: A little off topic.
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> > Having crafted my mas
: "Michael Carmody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:21 PM
Subject: A little off topic.
> Having crafted my masterpiece in perl, I now need to get it to run from
> within a VB script.
>
> (VB takes office file, convert
Having crafted my masterpiece in perl, I now need to get it to run from
within a VB script.
(VB takes office file, converts to .csv, which perl scripts then parses,
but poor secretary has to have excel doco to work on)
So this is only in the interest of allowing perl to actually be used at
