thanks

hmmm for some reason i am getting no errors when i run it uncompiled...
i changed the script using your suggestions and it works the same when uncompiled.

originally, where does it close the dialog before i use the CloseWindow> command (cause of the error)?

shouldn't the script work exactly the same, with the same timing after compilation? in my script, i open a Dialog box and show some instructions, and then asks for some input for user name and password. here is the code: // instruction message Dialog>Instructions Caption=Instructions Top=247 Width=4...

excellent!! MJTnet rocks

thanks for the quick reply. it seems to be working, up until i get to a record when it is not a date. when its not a date, the clipboard actually contains an excel cell, containing a number. and i get this error: Microsoft VBScript compilation error :1033 Unterminated string constant Line 222. Colum...

also note that i can't copy empty contents, so this doesnt work:

if>A="", step2
step1

hi, here is my situation: i have a script that goes to a menu item in a screen, and copies the contents. i use getclipboard> to put it into a variable A getclipboard>A if>A is a date format (eg. 8/22/2003 12:00:00 AM) goto>step1 else goto>step2 endif how would i be able to do this? the date always c...