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I am trying to run a command line in vb6 and it won't work because of a " character in the command.

Here is the code I can run in command line and it works but when doing it from the VB it gets screwed up.

AlarmSummaryUtility 10 TP=1;PT=4 "W h:m:s:F:p" /export

Following is VB script that does not work because I think the command already has "" around the one section:

Dim command As String
command = AlarmSummaryUtility 10 TP=1;PT=4 "W h:m:s:F:p" /export
shell "CMD.exe /c " & command
End Sub

The issue is that in the command I am trying to execute, it already has "W h:m:s:F:p".

Is there any other way to do this?

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You need to enclose the quote with double quotes.

Dim command As String

command = "AlarmSummaryUtility 10 TP=1;PT=4 ""W h:m:s:F:p"" /export"
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Thank you! What if I want to add another command on the same line. I need to change directory first and then run the above command. Would I do the following with the & symbol? "cd c:\deltav\bin" & etc.
& converts and combines strings. For commands, I think you need to execute one and then the other. Or, you can just add the path to the original commands and have a single command. You can use & to make it more readable.
You can only combine commands if that would actually work on the real command line.

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