how do i run other programs with vbs ?

[cpu90]

hi guys, i'm trying to run this program called RRDtool, its a database software..anyway so i have this text file containing values, i'm using vbscript to extract the values from the file, and then putting those extracted values onto the command line to run RRDtool with the values...but i dont know how to put the values onto the command line and run RRDtool..do i HAVE to create a batch file for running other programms on the command line? if vbscript is doable, please let me know how ! thanks ( on the command line it'll look like c:\>rrdtool create test.rrd value1 value2 value3 )

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
cmd="c:\>rrdtool create test.rrd"
cmd=cmd & " " & value1
cmd=cmd & " " & value2
cmd=cmd & " " & value3
WshShell.Run cmd

The syntax:
object.Run strCommand, intWindowStyle, bWaitOnReturn

Hope This Help
PH.