Use one of the *methods* on the Date object to
get the value.
See: http://www.tizag.com/_javascript_T/_javascript_date.php
Mike
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"ta" <tagroups@xxx> wrote:
>
> I asked a programmer to create exe file for me to manipulate AB data
files.
> I want to time how long it takes for it to accomplish various tasks. So, I
> wrote the following script to measure how long it take to run the
mytask.exe
> file. However, it does not work as intended. Any help or suggestions would
> be appreciated. TIA
> 
> 
> 
> var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
> 
> var Starting_Time = new Date(); 
> 
> 
> 
> var oExec = WshShell.Exec("c:\\Amibroker\\mytask.exe /f ");
> 
> 
> 
> if( oExec.status == 0 )
> 
> {
> 
> var Ending_Time = new Date(); 
> 
> WScript.Echo("Starting_Time: " + Starting_Time +
> "Ending_Time: " + Ending_Time);
> 
> }
>