is there someway to get info about time, date and user trough MEL!!

[klod]

hi,

yes, I get them with the system command:

string $time = system("time /t");
string $date = system("date /t");

klod

[pigbelly]

Great!!!
Thanks!!!!


can you get info about the user?
I mean the computer that executed the mel script??

/Tommie

[klod]

yes. same method:

string $computerName = system("set COMPUTERNAME");
$computerName = `substitute "COMPUTERNAME=" $computerName ""`;

thiw works with windows only, of course :)

[pigbelly]

Yes!!!

Thank you for living!!!

/Tommie

[nendo]

Cool !
I was just reading past threads and wondering how to find the user name !
:)

[alexx]

you can use systems envrionment variables for user name and computer name..

(windows):

getenv ("USERNAME");
getenv ("COMPUTERNAME");

cheers

alexx

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