VBScript Quick Reference
VBScript Quick Reference
DISPLAY TO STANDARD OUTPUT
HTA SECTION <head> <title>HTA Test</title> <HTA:APPLICATION APPLICATIONNAME="HTA Test" SCROLL="yes" SINGLEINSTANCE="yes" WINDOWSTATE="maximize" > </head> </head> SCRIPT SECTION <script language="VBScript> Sub window_OnLoad ' Script to run on startup End Sub Sub TestSub ' Script code goes here End Sub </script> HTML SECTION <body> <input type="button" value="Run Script" name="run_button" onClick="TestSub"> </body>
IGNORE RUNTIME ERRORS
FORCE VARIABLE DECLARATION
Wscript.Echo Display this text
DISPLAY TO MESSAGE BOX
On Error Resume Next
CHECK FOR AN ERROR
Option Explicit
CLEAR THE ERROR CACHE
MsgBox(Prompt, vbOKCancel, Title)
DISPLAY TO POPUP DIALOG BOX
If Err.Number Then an error occurred End If
Err.Clear (execute this statement each time you check the Err object)
WshShell.Popup(Message, 5, Title, 1)
5: number of seconds to display popup box 1: displays the OK and Cancel buttons
COMPUTER VARIABLE (local computer)
strComputer = .
CONNECT TO WMI
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
QUERY: RETRIEVE ALL PROCESSES
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process") ")
QUERY: RETRIEVE ALL SERVICES
OPEN TEXT FILE FOR READING
Const ForReading = 1 Set objFSO = CreateObject _ ("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _ ("c:\scripts\servers.txt", ForReading)
CREATE DICTONARY OBJECT OPEN TEXT FILE FOR WRITING
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Service")
COMPUTER VARIABLE (local computer)
strComputer = localhost
RETRIEVE AN OU
Const ForWriting = 2 Set objFSO = CreateObject _ ("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _ ("c:\scripts\servers.txt", ForWriting)
Set objDictionary = _ CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://ou=finance,dc=fabrikam,dc=com")
RETRIEVE A USER ACCOUNT
POPULATE DICTIONARY OBJECT
Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://cn=ken myer, ou=Finance, dc=fabrikam, dc=com")
BIND TO THE LOCAL COMPUTER
objDictionary.Add key, item
Set colAccounts = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer)
VBScript Quick Reference
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LOOPS
For Loops
On Error Resume Next Const ADS_SCOPE_ONELEVEL = 1 Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command") objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject" objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider" Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000 objCommand.Properties("Searchscope") = ADS_SCOPE_ONELEVEL objCommand.CommandText = _ "SELECT Name FROM 'LDAP://OU=finance,dc=fabrikam,dc=com' Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS
Do Loops Do Until x > 5 ... Loop Do While x < 5 ... Loop Do ... Loop Until x > 5 Do ... Loop While x < 5
If Then If x = 4 Then ElseIf x = 5 Then Else ... End If Learn more about scripting from the Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide, available online (and yes, despite the title most of the concepts apply to later versions of Windows too): http://www.microsoft.com /technet/scriptcenter/guide
Select Case Select Case x Case 1 ... Case 2 ... Case Else End Select
For Each x in arr ... Next For i = 1 to 10 ... Next
While Loops While x < 5 Wend
ARRAYS
arrItems = Array("a","b","c") Dim arr(2) arr(0) = 20 arr(1) = 30 ReDim Preserve arr(3) arr(2) = 40 Function
FUNCTIONS AND SUBROUTINES
Subroutine Sub TestSub End Sub
EXCEL Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") objExcel.Visible = True Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Add WORD Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") objWord.Visible = True Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("c:\scripts\test.doc") ACCESS Set objAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application") objAccess.OpenCurrentDatabase "C:\Scripts\Test.mdb" OUTLOOK
Function TestFunc TestFunc = 10 End Function
SEND OUTPUT TO COMMAND WINDOW
SET DEFAULT TO CSCRIPT
C:\> cscript test.vbs
C:\> cscript //H:cscript
SEND OUTPUT TO MESSAGE BOX
SET DEFAULT TO WSCRIPT
OUTLOOK
Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set objNamespace = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
C:\> wscript test.vbs
C:\> cscript //H:wscript
