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Vbscript Reference

This document provides a quick reference for common VBScript tasks like: - Displaying messages using Wscript.Echo, MsgBox, and WshShell.Popup - Interacting with the file system using FileSystemObject to open and read/write to text files - Handling errors using Error objects and Err.Clear - Querying Windows services and processes using WMI and Win32_Process/Win32_Service - Interacting with Active Directory using ADO and LDAP queries - Using common loops, conditional statements, and data structures like arrays - Creating and interacting with Microsoft Office applications like Excel, Word, Outlook

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Vbscript Reference

This document provides a quick reference for common VBScript tasks like: - Displaying messages using Wscript.Echo, MsgBox, and WshShell.Popup - Interacting with the file system using FileSystemObject to open and read/write to text files - Handling errors using Error objects and Err.Clear - Querying Windows services and processes using WMI and Win32_Process/Win32_Service - Interacting with Active Directory using ADO and LDAP queries - Using common loops, conditional statements, and data structures like arrays - Creating and interacting with Microsoft Office applications like Excel, Word, Outlook

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VBScript Quick Reference

DISPLAY TO STANDARD OUTPUT

Wscript.Echo Display this text


DISPLAY TO MESSAGE BOX

MsgBox(Prompt, vbOKCancel, Title)


DISPLAY TO POPUP DIALOG BOX

WshShell.Popup(Message, 5, Title, 1)
5: number of seconds to display popup box
1: displays the OK and Cancel buttons

VBScript Quick Reference

HTA SECTION
<head>
<title>HTA Test</title>
<HTA:APPLICATION
APPLICATIONNAME="HTA Test"
SCROLL="yes" SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
WINDOWSTATE="maximize" >
</head>
</head>

<script language="VBScript>
Sub window_OnLoad
' Script to run on startup
End Sub
Sub TestSub
' Script code goes here
End Sub
</script>

<body> <input type="button"


value="Run Script"
name="run_button"
onClick="TestSub">
</body>

Set objFSO = CreateObject _


("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _
("c:\scripts\servers.txt", ForReading)

Set objFSO = CreateObject _


("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _
("c:\scripts\servers.txt", ForWriting)

Option Explicit

CHECK FOR AN ERROR

CLEAR THE ERROR CACHE

If Err.Number Then
an error occurred
End If

Err.Clear
(execute this statement each
time you check the Err object)

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

COMPUTER VARIABLE (local computer)

strComputer = localhost
CREATE DICTONARY OBJECT

Const ForWriting = 2

On Error Resume Next

Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Service")

Const ForReading = 1

OPEN TEXT FILE FOR WRITING

FORCE VARIABLE DECLARATION

SCRIPT SECTION

HTML SECTION

OPEN TEXT FILE FOR READING

IGNORE RUNTIME ERRORS

Set objDictionary = _
CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

RETRIEVE AN OU

Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://ou=finance,dc=fabrikam,dc=com")


RETRIEVE A USER ACCOUNT

POPULATE DICTIONARY OBJECT

objDictionary.Add key, item

Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://cn=ken myer, ou=Finance, dc=fabrikam, dc=com")


BIND TO THE LOCAL COMPUTER

Set colAccounts = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer)

VBScript Quick Reference

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LOOPS

CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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

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

EXCEL
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.Visible = True
Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Add

If Then

Select Case

If x = 4 Then

ElseIf x = 5
Then

Else
...
End If

Select Case x
Case 1
...
Case 2
...
Case Else

End Select

For Loops

Do Loops

For Each x in arr


...
Next

Do Until x > 5
...
Loop

For i = 1 to 10
...
Next

Do While x < 5
...
Loop

While Loops

Do
...
Loop Until x > 5

While x < 5

Wend

Do
...
Loop While x < 5

ARRAYS

arrItems =
Array("a","b","c")
Dim arr(2)
arr(0) = 20
arr(1) = 30
ReDim Preserve arr(3)
arr(2) = 40

FUNCTIONS AND SUBROUTINES

Function

Subroutine

Function TestFunc

TestFunc = 10
End Function

Sub TestSub

End Sub

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

OUTLOOK

Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")


Set objNamespace = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")

SEND OUTPUT TO COMMAND WINDOW

C:\> cscript test.vbs

SEND OUTPUT TO MESSAGE BOX

C:\> wscript test.vbs

SET DEFAULT TO CSCRIPT

C:\> cscript //H:cscript

SET DEFAULT TO WSCRIPT

C:\> cscript //H:wscript

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