Updating system time with VB Time...

[Dan0331]

Hi Everyone,

Just had a quick question. Is it possible to allow someone to update thier system time with the time control in VB?

If so, please let me know how that is possible.

Thanks!

[Serge]

Sure, using Time statement:

Dim MyTime

MyTime = #4:35:17 PM#   ' Assign a time.
Time = MyTime   ' Set system time to MyTime.

Regards,

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[This message has been edited by Serge (edited 11-15-1999).]

[Dan0331]

Will that code take the Mabry Time, and update the system time?

[Serge]

What do you mean Marby Time???

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[Serge]

This is from MSDN:

Enabling Client Computers to Synchronize with Domain Time Source Server
For Windows NT client computers, type the following in the MS-DOS Command Prompt or add the following to the login script:


NET TIME /DOMAIN:<domain name> /SET

For Windows or MS-DOS based client computers, such as Windows, Windows for Workgroups, LAN Manager for MS-DOS or Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS, type the following in the MS-DOS command prompt or add the following to the login script:

NET TIME /WORKGROUP:<domain name> /SET

NOTE: You can also synchronize all timesource computers with a master timesource computer using the command: NET TIME \\<computername> /SET. The master timesource computer can also be synchronized to an external time standard using the TIMESERV utility.

I hope this is what you're looking for.
Regards,

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[Serge]

Also from MSDN:

Remotely Synchronizing the Time Between Two Computers
Article ID: Q151712

The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51


SUMMARY
From time to time, you may need to synchronize a computer's time with that of another computer while lacking physical access to one or both computers. Using the AT Command Scheduler, you can issue a NET TIME command to the remote computer(s).

The following example shows how to synchronize the time for ComputerA with ComputerB in a situation where the user only has physical access to ComputerC.

1. From ComputerC, open a command prompt.

2. Type the following command:


"AT \\ComputerA <HH:MM:SS> /INTERACTIVE "NET TIME \\ComputerB /SET /Y""
(without the quotation marks)

This schedules the NET TIME command to run the next time ComputerA gets to
<HH:MM:SS>.

You can check the time on ComputerA by typing NET TIME \\COMPUTERA. This will display the time on the remote machine (though it may be inaccurate, based on ComputerA[ASCII 146]s time zone).


Regards,


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Serge

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[This message has been edited by Serge (edited 11-15-1999).]

[Dan0331]

Hi Serge,

Your help is greatly appreciated. However, that's not quite what I was looking for. I need users to be able to push a button on thier version of the program that will match thier system time to that of the server time encoded within the program.

Thanks.

[Dan0331]

Mabry makes different controls that you can use with VB 6.0. One of those options is a Time control that you can setup to pull the time from a remote server.

I'm writing a time clock program for a company with 13 employees, on 13 different PC's. I need a command that will allow them to match thier system time to the time of the remote server.

Hope this helps.