Run external program and get output

[mlh407]

Hi everyone, I have an external program I need to run and get the output from it. (It queries a local device and returns a number).

I need to take the output and put that into a field in access.

Can this be done?

Thanks for the help,
Michael

 

[modest]

anything can be done.. the degree of difficulty is what matters; followed by "how?". what program are you running, is it in console? how do you expect to get the output?

 

[KeithG]

What device does it query? A table in a database?