VB Script Examples

By Dave Grund
VBScript is a scripting language developed by Microsoft, and modeled after their Visual Basic development language. It is run within a host environment. Windows Scripting Host (WSH) and Internet Explorer (IE) are the two most common hosts, both of which are supplied with Microsoft Windows. VBScript is commonly used to perform quick programming tasks, like reformatting data. It can be used to interface intricately with the Microsoft Office products. Examples to read and update Excel spreadsheets, create Word tables, etc, are included in this document. I learn by example better than any other way. I believe it was Jerry Pournelle who coined one law of documentation: You can never have too many examples. This is a collection of example VBScript files. Most are developed from excerpts of code found in the Public Domain areas on the internet, and are themselves Public Domain. Some of these examples are for demonstration of a feature or technique only, and have little or no true utility value. But most of these examples provide a strong foundation for building a useful tool for your own use. This document contains only examples. It is a live document, and is continuously being updated. For instructional or tutorial information, do a Google search on VBScript xxx, where xxx represents the keyword or subject. The more information you supply with keywords, the closer you will get to finding the information you are looking for.

Last update: May 14, 2012

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VBScript Objects ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Excel ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Outlook ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Word ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 VBScripts for Microsoft Excel ................................................................................................................................ 8 CheckCells .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Create Comma-Separated Values File .............................................................................................................. 10 Create a Pie Chart ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Populate a Spreadsheet ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Spreadsheet Statistics ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Copy an Excel Spreadsheet ............................................................................................................................... 20 Read a Spreadsheet; Write a Spreadsheet ......................................................................................................... 22 Divide Big Cells ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Check to See if a Worksheet Exists .................................................................................................................. 27 Put a Border Around Cells ................................................................................................................................ 28 Align Cells at the Top ....................................................................................................................................... 30 VBScripts for Microsoft Word .............................................................................................................................. 31 Create Word Combinations............................................................................................................................... 31 Create Word Tables .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Display Word Properties ................................................................................................................................... 34 Variable Name Summary.................................................................................................................................. 38 Copy a Text File into a Word Document .......................................................................................................... 42 Process a Word Document ................................................................................................................................ 44 Create Days of Year .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Print a Mainframe Listing ................................................................................................................................. 47 VBScripts for Microsoft Outlook .......................................................................................................................... 49 Display Current Appointments ......................................................................................................................... 50 Process Current Appointments ......................................................................................................................... 55 Process Outlook E-mail .................................................................................................................................... 57 VBScripts for Microsoft Access ............................................................................................................................ 58 Create an Access Database ............................................................................................................................... 59 VBScripts for Open Office .................................................................................................................................... 61 Read a Spreadsheet ........................................................................................................................................... 62 VBScripts for XML ................................................................................................................................................ 64 Create an XML File .......................................................................................................................................... 65 VBScripts for Data ................................................................................................................................................ 66 Classes............................................................................................................................................................... 67 Duration ............................................................................................................................................................ 69 Create and Process a Record Set ....................................................................................................................... 70 Modify a File..................................................................................................................................................... 73 VB Scripts for Lotus Notes .................................................................................................................................... 74 SendMail ........................................................................................................................................................... 74 Snippets ................................................................................................................................................................. 75 Change the Format of a Column ....................................................................................................................... 75

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Include Common Code ..................................................................................................................................... 75 Notes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Converting VBA to VBS .................................................................................................................................. 76

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VBScript Objects
This section illustrates the VBScript Object Model.

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Excel
A workbook is the actual spreadsheet itself. A worksheet is a sheet of that workbook. objExcel (Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") ) .ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True .Columns(3).AutoFit() .Columns(1).ColumnWidth = 10 .Columns(3).Font.ColorIndex = BLUE .Columns(i).Interior.ColorIndex = num .Rows(i).Interior.ColorIndex = num .visible = true Make Excel visible .workbooks.add Add a new workbook objWorkbook (Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(wkbkname) ) objWorkBook (Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Add()) .sheets.count Number of worksheets in the workbook .sheets(i).Name The name of the nth worksheet .Worksheets(wksheetno) objWorkSheet (Set objWorkSheet = objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(Sheet)) .Name = "VBS_Excel_Example" .Cells(row,col).Value = "ColA Hdr" .Range("A1:M1").Font.Bold = True .Range("A1:M1").Font.Size = 14 Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1) objRange (Set objRange = objWorksheet.UsedRange) objRange.select Freeze the panes objWorkSheet.Range("A2").Select objExcel.ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True Cleanup ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs pathname ActiveWorkbook.Close Application.Quit Quit Excel

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Outlook
Const olFolderCalender = 9 Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.application") Set objNameSpace = objOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI") Set objFolder = objNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalender) Set MyItems = objFolder.Items MyItems.Subject MyItems.Start MyItems.Duration MyItems.GetRecurrencePattern 3 = weekly, 0 = daily MyItems.BusyStatus MyItems.Sensitivity MyItems.End

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Word
objWord (Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")) .Visible = True objDoc (Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add()) Tables.Add objRange, NUMBER_OF_ROWS, NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS objRange (Set objRange = objDoc.Range()) objTable (Set objTable = objDoc.Tables(1) ' Work with the first (and only) table) For a complete list of the Microsoft Word objects, follow this link: Microsoft Word Objects. Note, however, that some of the links within are broken. For a list of Dialog enumerations, follow this link: Dialog enumerations.

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VBScripts for Microsoft Excel

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VBScript Examples CheckCells

This script will display the length of any cells over a designated number of bytes in length. Features: Examine each cell in a spreadsheet.
Option Explicit Dim objExcel, objWorkbook, objWorksheet, row, col, msg, ThisTxt, ThisLen, ctrCells, objFSO Dim ipFN Const Threshhold = 1094 ----If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a file to the icon!" wscript.quit end if Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") IpFN = trim(wscript.arguments(0)) ' Start the application Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") objExcel.Application.visible = true ' make Excel visible Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(IPFN) Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1) '<---- Hardcode the worksheet number msg = "This spreadsheet has " & objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count & " rows " & _ objWorksheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count & " columns." & vbcrlf ctrCells = 0 For Row = 1 to objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count 'For col = 1 to objWorksheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count For col = 1 to 9 ctrCells = ctrCells + 1 ThisTxt = (objWorksheet.Cells(row,col).Value) ThisLen = len(ThisTxt) If ThisLen > Threshhold then msg = msg & "Row " & Row & " col " & Col & " is " & ThisLen & " bytes." & vbcrlf end if next next msg = msg & "I checked " & ctrCells & " cells." & vbcrlf MsgBox(Msg) ' objExcel.Application.quit Leave the spreadsheet open Set objWorksheet = nothing Set objWorkbook = nothing Set objExcel = nothing Wscript.quit

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Create Comma-Separated Values File

This script will create a comma-separated values file. This kind of thing can be done manually, however, this example tailors the process. Features: Create a text file.
Create a CSV (Comma-separated values) file Option Explicit Dim objFSO, InitFSO, objFSO2 Dim objExcel, objWorkbook, objWorksheet, row, col, msg, ThisTxt, ThisLen, i, j Dim wksheetno, wkbkname, intLimit, ColIDs, IDIdx, strExtra Dim objTextFile, OpLine Const ForReading = 1 Const ForWriting = 2 Const ForAppending = 8 Set ObjFSO = CreateObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog") ObjFSO.Filter = "Excel files|*.xls" InitFSO = ObjFSO.ShowOpen If InitFSO = False Then Wscript.Echo "You did not select a file!" Wscript.Quit Else wkbkname = ObjFSO.Filename End If ' Open the CSV file Set ObjFSO2 = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objTextFile = objFSO2.OpenTextFile _ ("MyCSVFile.txt", ForWriting, True) ' Start the application Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'objExcel.Application.visible = true ' make Excel visible

Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(wkbkname) If objWorkbook.sheets.count > 1 then wkSheetno = cInt(inputbox("Enter the worksheet number you wish to work with",WScript.scriptname & " needs some input from you!","1")) else wkSheetNo = 1 end if intLimit = objWorkbook.sheets.count strExtra = "" If intLimit > 10 then intLimit = 10 strExtra = "first ten" end if Msg = "Workbook Name: " & objWorkbook.Name & vbcrlf If wksheetno > objWorkbook.sheets.count then

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msgbox "You selected worksheet number " & wksheetno & ", and there are only" & objWorkbook.sheets.count ,,"Input Error" wscript.quit end if Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(wksheetno) ' We already know which rows and columns are DEFINED. Now see which cell is the last to actually ' contain a value. For i = 1 to objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count OpLine = "" For j = 1 to objWorksheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count OpLine = OpLine & objWorksheet.Cells(i,j).Value If j mod 2 = 0 then OpLine = OpLine & "," next OpLine = left(OpLine,len(OpLine) -1) ' Drop off the last comma objTextFile.writeline(OpLine) next Msg = "Complete!" MsgBox Msg,,WScript.Scriptname objExcel.Application.quit objTextFile.Close Set objWorksheet = nothing Set objWorkbook = nothing Set objExcel = nothing Wscript.quit ' Do not Leave the spreadsheet open

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Create a Pie Chart

This script will create an Excel spreadsheet, and then create a pie chart based on the worksheet it created.
' Chart types Const EXPLODEDPIECHART = 70 Const EXPLODEDDONUT = 80 Const BARCHART = -4100 Const PIECHART = -4102 Const xlDataLabelsShowPercent = 3 Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") objExcel.Visible = True Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Add() Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1) objWorksheet.Cells(1,1) objWorksheet.Cells(2,1) objWorksheet.Cells(3,1) objWorksheet.Cells(4,1) objWorksheet.Cells(5,1) objWorksheet.Cells(6,1) objWorksheet.Cells(1,2) objWorksheet.Cells(2,2) objWorksheet.Cells(3,2) objWorksheet.Cells(4,2) objWorksheet.Cells(5,2) objWorksheet.Cells(6,2) = = = = = = = = = = = = "Operating System" "Windows Server 2003" "Windows XP" "Windows 2000" "Windows NT 4.0" "Other" "Number of Computers" 145 487 211 41 56

Set objRange = objWorksheet.UsedRange objRange.Select Set colCharts = objExcel.Charts colCharts.Add() objWorkBook.sheets(4).Delete ' Sheet3 objWorkBook.sheets(3).Delete ' Sheet2 objWorkBook.sheets(2).Visible = false ' Sheet 1 has the data that is charted objWorkBook.sheets(1).Name = "Exploded Pie Chart" Set objChart = colCharts(1) objChart.Activate objChart.ChartType = EXPLODEDPIECHART objChart.Elevation = 30 objChart.Rotation = 80 objChart.ApplyDataLabels xlDataLabelsShowPercent objChart.PlotArea.Fill.Visible = False objChart.PlotArea.Border.LineStyle = -4142 objChart.SeriesCollection(1).DataLabels.Font.Size = 14 objChart.SeriesCollection(1).DataLabels.Font.ColorIndex = 2 objChart.ChartArea.Fill.ForeColor.SchemeColor = 49 objChart.ChartArea.Fill.BackColor.SchemeColor = 23

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objChart.ChartArea.Fill.TwoColorGradient 1,1 objChart.ChartTitle.Font.Size = 24 objChart.ChartTitle.Font.ColorIndex = 2 objChart.Legend.Shadow = True

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Populate a Spreadsheet
This script will populate an Excel spreadsheet, and color the rows and columns. Features: Create a spreadsheet Populate that spreadsheet Delay VBScript processing (sleep).
' Populate a Spreadsheet ' This will demonstrate how to populate a spreadsheet, and to color cells/rows/columns ' Color enums Const Aqua = 42 Const Black = 1 Const Blue = 5 Const BlueGray = 47 Const BrightGreen = 4 Const Brown = 53 Const Cream = 19 Const DarkBlue = 11 Const DarkGreen = 51 Const DarkPurple = 21 Const DarkRed = 9 Const DarkTeal = 49 Const DarkYellow = 12 Const Gold = 44 Const Gray25 = 15 Const Gray40 = 48 Const Gray50 = 16 Const Gray80 = 56 Const Green = 10 Const Indigo = 55 Const Lavender = 39 Const LightBlue = 41 Const LightGreen = 35 Const LightLavender = 24 Const LightOrange = 45 Const LightTurquoise = 20 Const LightYellow = 36 Const Lime = 43 Const NavyBlue = 23 Const OliveGreen = 52 Const Orange = 46 Const PaleBlue = 37 Const Pink = 7 Const Plum = 18 Const PowderBlue = 17 Const Red = 3 Const Rose = 38 Const Salmon = 22 Const SeaGreen = 50 Const SkyBlue = 33 Const TanColor = 40 Const Teal = 14 Const Turquoise = 8 Const Violet = 13 Const White = 2

' Identical to 32

' Identical to 25 ' Identical to 30

' Identical to 34

' Identical to 26 ' Identical to 54

' Identical to 31 ' Identical to 28 ' Identical to 29

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Const Yellow = 6 Const NUMROWS = 29 Const NUMCOLS = 13 Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") ' Bind to the Excel object objExcel.Visible = True objExcel.Workbooks.Add ' Create a new workbook. Sheet = 1 ' Select the first sheet Set objSheet = objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(Sheet) ' Bind to worksheet. objSheet.Name = "VBS_Excel_Example" ' Name the worksheet strExcelPath = "U:\data\VBScript\Vbs_Excel_Example.xls" Randomize '-------------* 'Populate the worksheet with data '-------------* 'Add some titles to row 1 objSheet.Cells(1, 1).Value = "ColA Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 2).Value = "ColB Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 3).Value = "ColC Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 4).Value = "ColD Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 5).Value = "ColE Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 6).Value = "ColF Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 7).Value = "ColG Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 8).Value = "ColH Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 9).Value = "ColI Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 10).Value = "ColJ Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 11).Value = "ColK Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 12).Value = "ColL Hdr" objSheet.Cells(1, 13).Value = "ColM Hdr" ' Set the save location ' Identical to 27

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Row Row Row Row Row Row Row Row Row Row Row Row Row

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Column Column Column Column Column Column Column Column Column Column Column Column Column

1 (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6 (F) 7 (G) 8 (H) 9 (I) 10 (J) 11 (K) 12 (L) 13 (M)

'Add some data using a loop For row = 2 to NUMROWS objSheet.Cells(row, 1).Value = "Row " & row & " Col A" objSheet.Cells(row, 2).Value = "Row " & row & " Col B" objSheet.Cells(row, 3).Value = "Row " & row & " Col C" objSheet.Cells(row, 4).Value = "Row " & row & " Col D" objSheet.Cells(row, 5).Value = "Row " & row & " Col E" objSheet.Cells(row, 6).Value = "Row " & row & " Col F" objSheet.Cells(row, 7).Value = "Row " & row & " Col G" objSheet.Cells(row, 8).Value = "Row " & row & " Col H" objSheet.Cells(row, 9).Value = "Row " & row & " Col I" objSheet.Cells(row, 10).Value = "Row " & row & " Col J" objSheet.Cells(row, 11).Value = "Row " & row & " Col K" objSheet.Cells(row, 12).Value = "Row " & row & " Col L" objSheet.Cells(row, 13).Value = "Row " & row & " Col M" Next '-------------* ' Format the spreadsheet '-------------* 'Put the first row in bold, font size 14 objSheet.Range("A1:M1").Font.Bold = True objSheet.Range("A1:M1").Font.Size = 14 'Freeze the panes objSheet.Range("A2").Select objExcel.ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True 'Change column A and B to use a fixed width objExcel.Columns(1).ColumnWidth = 10

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objExcel.Columns(2).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(3).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(4).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(5).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(6).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(7).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(8).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(9).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(10).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(11).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(12).ColumnWidth = 10 objExcel.Columns(13).ColumnWidth = 10 'Change columns to autofit objExcel.Columns(3).AutoFit() objExcel.Columns(6).AutoFit() 'Change the background color of columns intNext = RN For i = 1 to NUMCOLS intNext = RN objExcel.Columns(i).Interior.ColorIndex = intNext wscript.sleep(400) Next 'Change the background color of rows For i = 1 to NUMROWS intNext = RN objExcel.Rows(i).Interior.ColorIndex = intNext wscript.sleep(300) Next 'Change the font color of column C objExcel.Columns(3).Font.ColorIndex = BLUE ' Now do some specific colorization objSheet.Cells(1,1).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(2,2).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(3,3).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(4,4).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(5,5).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(6,6).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(7,7).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(8,8).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(9,9).Interior.ColorIndex = wscript.sleep(300) objSheet.Cells(10,10).Interior.ColorIndex wscript.sleep(300) MsgBox "All done!" '-------------* ' Save the spreadsheet and close the workbook '-------------* 'objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs strExcelPath LightYellow LightYellow LightYellow LightYellow LightYellow LightYellow LightYellow LightYellow LightYellow = LightYellow

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'objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close 'objExcel.Application.Quit 'Clean Up 'Set objSheet = Nothing 'Set objExcel = Nothing Function RN() Dim TempRN TempRN = Int((40) * Rnd + 1) ' Get rid of colors that we do not want do while (TempRN = BLACK) or (TempRN = DarkBlue) or (TempRN = DarkPurple) or _ (TempRN = 25) TempRN = Int((40) * Rnd + 1) Loop RN = TempRN end Function 'Quit Excel

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Spreadsheet Statistics
This script will display statistics about it: the last defined cell, the last used cell, etc. Features: File open dialogue
' Spreadsheet Statistics Option Explicit Dim objFSO, InitFSO Dim objExcel, objWorkbook, objWorksheet, row, col, msg, ThisTxt, ThisLen, i, j Dim wksheetno, wkbkname, intLimit, ColIDs, IDIdx, strExtra Set ObjFSO = CreateObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog") ObjFSO.Filter = "Excel files|*.xls" InitFSO = ObjFSO.ShowOpen If InitFSO = False Then Wscript.Echo "You did not select a file!" Wscript.Quit Else wkbkname = ObjFSO.Filename End If ' Start the application Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'objExcel.Application.visible = true ' make Excel visible

Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(wkbkname) If objWorkbook.sheets.count > 1 then wkSheetno = cInt(inputbox("Enter the worksheet number you wish to work with","SSStats needs some input from you!","1")) else wkSheetNo = 1 end if intLimit = objWorkbook.sheets.count strExtra = "" If intLimit > 10 then intLimit = 10 strExtra = "first ten" end if Msg = "Workbook Name: " & objWorkbook.Name & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "No. of worksheets in this workbook: " & objWorkbook.sheets.count & vbcrlf If objWorkbook.sheets.count > 1 then Msg = Msg & "The " & strExtra & " worksheets are:" & vbcrlf for i = 1 to intLimit Msg = Msg & i & ". " & objWorkBook.sheets(i).Name & vbcrlf next end if Msg = Msg & vbcrlf ' Blank line

' Get some stats on a specific worksheet If wksheetno > objWorkbook.sheets.count then

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msgbox "You selected worksheet number " & wksheetno & ", and there are only" & objWorkbook.sheets.count ,,"Input Error" wscript.quit end if Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(wksheetno) ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs ColIDs = = = = = = = = = = " A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z" ColIDs & "AAABACADAEAFAGAHAIAJAKALAMANAOAPAQARASATAUAVAWAXAYAZ" ColIDs & "BABBBCBDBEBFBGBHBIBJBKBLBMBNBOBPBQBRBSBTBUBVBWBXBYBZ" ColIDs & "CACBCCCDCECFCGCHCICJCKCLCMCNCOCPCQCRCSCTCUCVCWCXCYCZ" ColIDs & "DADBDCDDDEDFDGDHDIDJDKDLDMDNDODPDQDRDSDTDUDVDWDXDYDZ" ColIDs & "EAEBECEDEEEFEGEHEIEJEKELEMENEOEPEQERESETEUEVEWEXEYEZ" ColIDs & "FAFBFCFDFEFFFGFHFIFJFKFLFMFNFOFPFQFRFSFTFUFVFWFXFYFZ" ColIDs & "GAGBGCGDGEGFGGGHGIGJGKGLGMGNGOGPGQGRGSGTGUGVGWGXGYGZ" ColIDs & "HAHBHCHDHEHFHGHHHIHJHKHLHMHNHOHPHQHRHSHTHUHVHWHXHYHZ" ColIDs & "IAIBICIDIEIFIGIHIIIJIKILIMINIOIPIQIRISITIUIV" ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' A AA BA CA DA EA FA GA HA IA thru thru thru thru thru thru thru thru thru thru Z AZ BZ CZ DZ EZ FZ GZ HZ IV (230, max)

Msg = Msg & "Worksheet " & wksheetno & " is named " & objWorksheet.Name & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "The last defined cell is ROW " & objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count & ", COL " IDIdx = objWorksheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count * 2 - 1 Msg = Msg & mid(ColIDs,IDIDx,2) & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "and contains " & _ ObjWorksheet.Cells(objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count, _ objWorksheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count).Value & vbcrlf & vbcrlf ' We already know which rows and columns are DEFINED. Now see which cell is the last to actually ' contain a value. For i = objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count to 1 step -1 For j = objWorksheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count to 1 step -1 if len(objWorksheet.Cells(i,j).Value) > 0 then Msg = Msg & "The last USED cell is ROW " & i & ", COL " IDIdx = j*2-1 Msg = Msg & mid(ColIds,IDIdx,2) & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "and contains " & objWorksheet.Cells(i,j).Value & vbcrlf i = 1 : j = 1 ' Set to exit the loop end if next next MsgBox Msg,,WScript.Scriptname objExcel.Application.quit Set objWorksheet = nothing Set objWorkbook = nothing Set objExcel = nothing Wscript.quit ' Do not Leave the spreadsheet open

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Copy an Excel Spreadsheet

This script will copy selected data from one spreadsheet into another. Features: Delete a file Copy a spreadsheet
Option Explicit Const OPFN = "U:\Assignments\_Open\A002\Template2.xls" Dim objExcel, objFSO, objFileCopy, objWorkBookI, objWorkBookO, objWorksheetI, objWorksheetO Proc01 Proc02 Proc03 Proc04 WScript.quit ' ' ' ' Initialization Copy the output spreadsheet to a new one Populate the output spreadsheet Finalization

'*------------* '* Proc01 - Initialization '*------------* Sub Proc01 End sub '*------------* '* Proc02 - Copy the output spreadsheet to a new one '*------------* Sub Proc02 Const IPFN = "U:\Assignments\_Open\A002\Template.xls" Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFileCopy = objFSO.GetFile(IPFN) if objFSO.FileExists(OPFN) then objFSO.DeleteFile(OPFN) end if objFileCopy.Copy (OPFN) End sub '*------------* '* Proc03 - Populate the output spreadsheet '*------------* Sub Proc03 Const filename = "U:\Assignments\_Open\A002\FR's from Copy of Requirements from DR1412 20100708 v 1 1.xls" Dim Seq, FrNo, Paragraph, Title, Description, CQI, strModule, Status, row Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") ' Start the application Set objWorkBookI = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(filename) Set objWorksheetI = objWorkBookI.Worksheets(1) Set objWorkBookO = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(OPFN) Set objWorksheetO = objWorkBookO.Worksheets(1) For row = 2 to objWorksheetI.UsedRange.Rows.Count Seq = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,1).Value) FrNo = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,2).Value) Paragraph = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,3).Value) Title = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,4).Value) Description = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,5).Value) CQI = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,6).Value) strModule = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,7).Value)

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Status = (objWorksheetI.Cells(row,8).Value) ' Move the fields to the output spreadsheet objWorksheetO.Cells(row+7,1).Value = Seq objWorksheetO.Cells(row+7,4).Value = FRNo objWorksheetO.Cells(row+7,5).Value = Title objWorksheetO.Cells(row+7,6).Value = Description Next objWorkBookI.close 'objWorkBookO.close objExcel.Visible = true End sub '*------------* '* Proc04 - Finalization '*------------* Sub Proc04 ' Free the memory MsgBox "Complete",,wscript.scriptname End sub

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Read a Spreadsheet; Write a Spreadsheet

This script will read a spreadsheet, and based on the contents, create a different spreadsheet. Features: Process the file name from the command line (which happens when an icon is dregged and dropped) Delete a file Read a spreadsheet Create a spreadsheet
Option Explicit Dim objExcel, objFSO, objFileCopy, objWorkBookI, objWorksheetI, objWorkBookO, objWorkSheetO Dim IRow, ORow, Comments, Initials, objRange Dim Msg, strUAMsg, ctrFnd, IPFN, OPFN, ActItem, strReqNo, ctrIP, ctrFailed '*------------* '* Open the input Excel document, and the output Excel document '*------------* If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a file to the icon!" wscript.quit end if Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") IpFN = trim(wscript.arguments(0)) ' Complete input file name OpFN = IPFN & "New.xls" ' Complete output file name Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") ' Start the application Set objWorkBookI = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(IPFN) Set objWorksheetI = objWorkBookI.Worksheets(1) Set objWorkBookO = objExcel.Workbooks.Add Set objWorksheetO = objWorkBookO.Worksheets(1) '*------------* '* Read the spreadsheet '*------------* ctrIP = 0 : ctrFnd = 0 : ctrFailed = 0 : strUAMsg = "" : oRow = 0 ' The columms in the spreadsheet: ' A - Item Number ' B - Review Technique ' C - Finding ' D - Requirement Number ' G - Testability- PASS or FAIL ' H - Reviewer's Comments ' I - Reviewer's initials For IRow = 9 to objWorksheetI.UsedRange.Rows.Count ' Assign field names to some cells strReqNo = objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,4).Value ActItem = objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,5).Value Comments = objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,8).Value Initials = objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,9).Value If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,1).Value) = "") then ' Item number is empty exit for end if If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,1).Value) = "TOTAL:") then ' Item number exit for

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end if ctrIP = ctrIP + 1 ' Count IRows processed

' Display where testability is empty If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,7).Value) = "") then strUAMsg = strUAMsg & "Req= " & strReqNo & " (Row=" & IRow & ")" & _ "; Testability was not completed." & vbcrlf ctrFnd = ctrFnd + 1 end if ' Display where Reviewer's Initials cell is is empty If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,9).Value) = "") then strUAMsg = strUAMsg & "Req= " & strReqNo & " (Row=" & IRow & ")" & _ "; Reviewer's initials were not supplied." & vbcrlf ctrFnd = ctrFnd + 1 end if ' If Failed, make sure there is something in cols C, H, and I If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,7).Value) = "FAIL") then If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,3).Value) = "") then strUAMsg = strUAMsg & "Req= " & strReqNo & " (Row=" & IRow & ")" & _ "; Finding is missing." & vbcrlf ctrFnd = ctrFnd + 1 end if If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,8).Value) = "") then strUAMsg = strUAMsg & "Req= " & strReqNo & " (Row=" & IRow & ")" & _ "; Reviewer's Comments missing." & vbcrlf ctrFnd = ctrFnd + 1 end if If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,9).Value) = "") then strUAMsg = strUAMsg & "Req= " & strReqNo & " (Row=" & IRow & ")" & _ "; Reviewer's Initials are missing." & vbcrlf ctrFnd = ctrFnd + 1 end if end if ' If Passed, make sure there is NOTHING in col C If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,7).Value) = "PASS") then If (trim(objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,3).Value) <> "") then strUAMsg = strUAMsg & "Req= " & strReqNo & "; Finding supplied for passed requirement." vbcrlf ctrFnd = ctrFnd + 1 end if end if ' Now list the failed items to the output spreadsheet If (objWorksheetI.Cells(IRow,7).Value) = "FAIL" then ctrFailed = ctrFailed + 1 : oRow = oRow + 1 objWorksheetO.Cells(oRow,1).Value = strReqNo objExcel.Columns(2).ColumnWidth = 60 objWorksheetO.Cells(oRow,2).Value = Comments set objRange = objExcel.Range("B1").EntireColumn objRange.Wraptext = true objWorksheetO.Cells(oRow,3).Value = Initials end if Next objWorkBookI.close objFSO.deleteFile(OPFN) objWorkbookO.SaveAs(OPFN) objExcel.visible = true Msg = "I processed " & ctrIP & " input rows." & vbcrlf

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Msg = Msg & "I found " & ctrFnd & " problems." & vbcrlf If ctrFnd > 0 then Msg = Msg & "They are: " & vbcrlf & strUAMsg end if Msg = Msg & ctrFailed & " requirements were failed, and written to the output spreadsheet." & vbcrlf MsgBox Msg,,wscript.scriptname

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Divide Big Cells

This script will check for cells that are too large to be displayed (or printed?). It is non-destructive, so you can run it at will. It checks every cell for text that is greater than 1000 bytes in total. It will divide those cells into chunks of approximately 1000 bytes, and write these to a text file. It will then open Notepad. At this point, you can cut and paste the sections of text into the source spreadsheet. All lines are written in their entirety (no lines are broken up). Features: Create a text file Open the output text file in Notepad
Option Explicit Dim objExcel, objWorkbook, objWorksheet, row, col, msg, ThisTxt, ThisLen, ctrCells, objFSO Dim ipFN, OPFN, objTextFile, ipLen, opLen, WshShell Const swDebug = false If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a file to the icon!" wscript.quit end if msg = "" IpFN = trim(wscript.arguments(0)) ' Complete input file name Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") OPFN = IPFN & ".DivideBigCells.txt" Set objTextFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile (OPFN, True) ' Start the application Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") objExcel.Application.visible = false Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(IPFN) Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1)

' make Excel invisible '<---- Hardcode the worksheet number

ctrCells = 0 Const Threshhold = 1000 For Row = 1 to objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count For col = 1 to 9 ctrCells = ctrCells + 1 ThisTxt = (objWorksheet.Cells(row,col).Value) ThisLen = len(ThisTxt) If ThisLen > Threshhold then DivideCell end if next next 'msg = msg & "I checked " & ctrCells & " cells." & vbcrlf 'MsgBox(Msg) objExcel.Application.quit ' Close the spreadsheet Set objWorksheet = nothing Set objWorkbook = nothing

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Set objExcel = nothing objTextFile.close ' Open Notepad, and write the new stuff Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.Run ("%windir%\notepad" & " " & OPFN) Wscript.quit '*------------* Sub DivideCell '*------------* Dim opLine, i, j, strThisLine, opPartNo opLine = "Row=" & row & "; col=" & col & "; length=" & ThisLen objTextFile.writeline(OpLine) objTextFile.writeline("Part 1 " & "------------------------------") opLine = "" : ipLen = 0 : OpLen = 0 : opPartNo = 1 For i = 1 to len(Thistxt) ipLen = ipLen + 1 If mid(ThisTxt,i,1) = vbLF then ipLen = ipLen - 1 If swDebug then opLine = "Line len=" & ipLen & "; line=" & " " & opline end if objTextFile.writeline(OpLine) : OpLine = "" opLen = opLen + ipLen If opLen > 1000 then objTextFile.writeline opLen = 0 opPartNo = opPartNo + 1 objTextFile.writeline("Part " & opPartNo & " ------------------------------") end if ipLen = 0 else opLine = opLine & mid(Thistxt,i,1) end if Next opLine = "------------------------------------------------------------------------------" objTextFile.writeline(OpLine) End Sub

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Check to See if a Worksheet Exists

Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(ssVF) '* Check to see if the worksheet name you supplied is valid. WSExists = 0 For Each objWorksheet in objWorkbook.Worksheets If objWorksheet.Name = wkshname Then WSExists = 1 Exit For End If Next If wSExists = 0 Then 'Doesn't exist MsgBox wkshName & ": Worksheet does not exist in the spreadsheet", vbCritical, WScript.Scriptname wscript.quit End If

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Put a Border Around Cells

Const xlPasteValues = -4163 '(&HFFFFEFBD) Const xlPasteFormats = -4122 Const xlPasteSpecialOperationNone = -4142 '(&HFFFFEFD2) With objExcel .Range("B2").Select .Selection.Copy .Range("C2:BB200").Select .Selection.PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats, xlPasteSpecialOperationNone, False, False .Application.CutCopyMode = False end with

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Align Cells at the Top

Const xlTop = -4160 objSheet.Range("A1:B999").VerticalAlignment = xlTop

Highlight a Cell
' 1=black 2=nothing 3=red 4=green 5=blue 6=yellow objWorkSheetB.Cells(RowB,10).Interior.ColorIndex = 6

Create and process a RecordSet

' First, add an array to a recordset Const adVarChar = 200 'the SQL datatype is varchar Const adOpenStatic = 3 Const adUseClient = 3 const adChar = 129 Dim rs : Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.RECORDSET") rs.CursorType = adOpenStatic rs.Cursorlocation = adUseClient rs.Fields.Append "ArEntry", adChar, 16 'String with 16 characters rs.open For I = 1 to ubound(strArray) rs.AddNew rs("ArEntry") = strArray(i) rs.Update next ' Now we sort it rs.sort = "ArEntry" '* Delete duplicate entries from the array Dim strLastEntry, strThisEntry strLastEntry = "" Do Until rs.EOF strThisEntry = rs.Fields.Item("ArEntry") If strComp(strLastEntry,strThisEntry,vbTextCompare) = 0 then rs.delete else strLastEntry = strThisEntry end if rs.MoveNext Loop

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VBScripts for Microsoft Word

Create Word Combinations
This script will create a list of all of the 4-letter combinations within a Word document. This is strictly a learning exercise, and has no other value. Note: There is code in the program to stop processing after a set number of words are created. If you let the entire program process, it will (try to) create almost a half million lines. Features: Add lines to a Microsoft Word document Create a line set to a specific font name and font size
' Words.VBS - Create a list of all 4-letter words ' This program will add these words to a Microsoft Word document. Option Explicit Const Alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" Dim objWord, ctrWord Dim L1, L2, L3, L4 ctrWord = 0 Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") objWord.Documents.Add ' Launch Microsoft Word ' Create a new document

' Making Word visible will allow you to watch as the words are added to the document, but it ' SIGNIFICANTLY slows down the processing. objWord.Visible = True ' All two-letter combinations: 26**2 = 676 ' All three-letter combinations: 26**3 = 17,576 ' All four-letter combinations: 26**4 = 456,976 Do For L1 = 1 to 26 For L2 = 1 to 26 For L3 = 1 to 26 For L4 = 1 to 26 ctrWord = ctrWord + 1 objword.selection.font.name = "Times New Roman" objword.selection.font.size = 10 objWord.Selection.TypeText ctrWord & vbTab objword.selection.font.name = "Courier New" objword.selection.font.size = 12 objWord.Selection.TypeText mid(Alphabet,L1,1) mid(Alphabet,L2,1) mid(Alphabet,L3,1) mid(Alphabet,L4,1) vbCrLf If ctrWord > 17578 then exit do end if next next next next Loop

& & & &

_ _ _ _

' DON'T PROCESS THE ENTIRE FILE

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objWord.Visible = True 'Wscript.quit 'objWord.Selection.movedown 'objWord.Selection.typeparagraph()

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Create Word Tables

This script will programmatically create a table inside a Microsoft Word document. Features: Create a new Microsoft Word document
' Create Word Tables.vbs - Create a table programmatically in a NEW Word document Dim objWord, objDoc, objRange, objTable, i, j Const NUMBER_OF_ROWS = 7 Const NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS = 3 Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") objWord.Visible = True Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add() ' Create a NEW document Set objRange = objDoc.Range() objDoc.Tables.Add objRange, NUMBER_OF_ROWS, NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS Set objTable = objDoc.Tables(1) ' Work with the first (and only) table

For i = 1 to NUMBER_OF_ROWS For j = 1 to NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS objTable.Cell(i, j).Range.Text = "Row " objTable.Cell(i, j).Range.Text = "Row " objTable.Cell(i, j).Range.Text = "Row " next next 'ObjTable.Rows.add() ' Add a blank objTable.AutoFormat(16)

& i & ", Column " & j & i & ", Column " & j & i & ", Column " & j row

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Display Word Properties

This script provides an insight into some of the information that is available while inside a Word document.
' List Microsoft Word Properties Option Explicit On Error Resume Next ' Since we cannot trap the errors that occur Dim objWord, objAddIn, objCaption, objDictionary, objDocument, objConverter, objFont Dim objLabel, objLanguage, objFile, objWindow, objBinding, objTask, objTemplate, objDialog Dim ctr, svFontname, svFontSize Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") objWord.Documents.Add objWord.Visible = True ' Create a new document

objWord.Selection.TypeText "Active Printer: " & objWord.ActivePrinter & vbCRLF For Each objAddIn in objWord.AddIns objWord.Selection.TypeText "AddIn: " & objAddIn & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText "Application: " & objWord.Application & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Assistant: " & objWord.Assistant & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "AutoCaptions (" & objWord.AutoCaptions.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objCaption in objWord.AutoCaptions ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objCaption & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText "Automation Security: " & objWord.AutomationSecurity & vbCRLF "Background Printing Status: " & objWord.BackgroundPrintingStatus & "Background Saving Status: " & objWord.BackgroundSavingStatus & vbCRLF "Browse Extra File Type: " & objWord.BrowseExtraFileTypes & vbCRLF "Build: " & objWord.Build & vbCRLF "Caps Lock: " & objWord.CapsLock & vbCRLF "Caption: " & objWord.Caption & vbCRLF

objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Caption Labels (" & objWord.CaptionLabels.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objLabel in objWord.CaptionLabels ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objLabel & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Check Language: " & objWord.CheckLanguage & vbCRLF For Each objAddIn in objWord.COMAddIns objWord.Selection.TypeText "COM AddIn: " & objAddIn & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText "Creator: " & objWord.Creator & vbCRLF For Each objDictionary in objWord.CustomDictionaries

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objWord.Selection.TypeText "Custom Dictionary: " & objDictionary & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText "Customization Context: " "Default Legal Blackline: "Default Save Format: " & "Default Table Separator: & objWord.CustomizationContext & vbCRLF " & objWord.DefaultLegalBlackline & vbCRLF objWord.DefaultSaveFormat & vbCRLF " & objWord.DefaultTableSeparator & vbCRLF

objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Dialogs (" & objWord.Dialogs.Count & "), not listed." & vbCRLF ' Displaying these dialogues as above does funny things to the Word document. ' #68 (199) will wipe out the text in the document and start all over. ' Another will do something with Outlook. 'objWord.Dialogs(80).Show ' Word help dialogue objWord.Selection.TypeText "Display Alerts: " & objWord.DisplayAlerts & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Display Recent Files: " & objWord.DisplayRecentFiles & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Display Screen Tips: " & objWord.DisplayScreenTips & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Display Scroll Bars: " & objWord.DisplayScrollBars & vbCRLF For Each objDocument in objWord.Documents objWord.Selection.TypeText "Document: " & objDocument & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText "Email Template: " & objWord.EmailTemplate & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Enable Cancel Key: " & objWord.EnableCancelKey & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Feature Install: " & objWord.FeatureInstall & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "File Converters (" & objWord.FileConverters.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objConverter in objWord.FileConverters ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objConverter & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Focus In MailHeader: " & objWord.FocusInMailHeader & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Font names (" & objWord.Fontnames.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objFont in objWord.FontNames ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objFont & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Height: " & objWord.Height & vbCRLF ' This isn't working. The system complains about objBinding. 'For Each objBinding in objWord.KeyBindings ' objWord.Selection.TypeText "Key Binding: " & objBinding & vbCRLF 'Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "LandscapeFontnames (" & objWord.LandScapeFontnames.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objFont in objWord.LandscapeFontNames ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objFont & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf

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objWord.Selection.TypeText "Languages (" & objWord.Languages.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objLanguage in objWord.Languages ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objLanguage & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText "Left" & objWord.Left & vbCRLF "Mail System: " & objWord.MailSystem & vbCRLF "MAPI Available: " & objWord.MAPIAvailable & vbCRLF "Math Coprocessor Available: " & objWord.MathCoprocessorAvailable & "Mouse Available: " & objWord.MouseAvailable & vbCRLF "Name: " & objWord.Name & vbCRLF "Normal Template: " & objWord.NormalTemplate & vbCRLF "Num Lock: " & objWord.NumLock & vbCRLF "Parent: " & objWord.Parent & vbCRLF "Path: " & objWord.Path & vbCRLF "Path Separator: " & objWord.PathSeparator & vbCRLF "Print Preview: " & objWord.PrintPreview & vbCRLF

objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Recent Files (" & objWord.RecentFiles.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objFile in objWord.RecentFiles ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objFile & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Screen Updating: " & objWord.ScreenUpdating & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Show Visual Basic Editor: " & objWord.ShowVisualBasicEditor & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Special Mode: " & objWord.SpecialMode & vbCRLF svFontName = objword.selection.font.name svFontSize = objword.selection.font.size objWord.Selection.TypeText "Startup Path: " objword.selection.font.name = "Courier New" objword.selection.font.size = 8 objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.StartupPath & vbCRLF objword.selection.font.name = svFontName objword.selection.font.size = svFontSize objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText "Tasks (" & objWord.Tasks.Count & "):" & vbCRLF ctr = 0 For Each objTask in objWord.Tasks ctr = ctr + 1 objWord.Selection.TypeText "- " & ctr & ": " & objTask & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf For Each objTemplate in objWord.Templates objWord.Selection.TypeText "Template: " & objTemplate & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.Selection.TypeText "Top: " & objWord.Top & vbCRLF "Usable Height: " & objWord.UsableHeight & vbCRLF "Usable Width: " & objWord.UsableWidth & vbCRLF "User Address: " & objWord.UserAddress & vbCRLF

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objWord.Selection.TypeText "User Control: " & objWord.UserControl & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "User Initials: " & objWord.UserInitials & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "User Name: " svFontName = objword.selection.font.name svFontSize = objword.selection.font.size objword.selection.font.name = "Times New Roman" objword.selection.font.size = 18 objWord.Selection.TypeText objWord.UserName & vbCRLF objword.selection.font.name = svFontname objword.selection.font.size = svFontSize objWord.Selection.TypeText "Version: " & objWord.Version & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Visible: " & objWord.Visible & vbCRLF objWord.Selection.TypeText "Width: " & objWord.Width & vbCRLF For Each objWindow in objWord.Windows objWord.Selection.TypeText "Window: " & objWindow & vbCRLF Next objWord.Selection.TypeText "Window State: " & objWord.WindowState & vbCRLF 'objWord.Quit objWord.Selection.TypeText "*--- END OF LIST ---*" & vbCRLF WScript.quit Sub CheckError(ErrSrc) If Err.Number <> 0 then Msg = "Exception:" & vbCrLf &_ " Error number: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf &_ " Error description: '" & Err.Description & vbCrLf & _ " Source" & ErrSrc MsgBox Msg,,"Error?" end if End Sub

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Variable Name Summary

This program will list variable names: where and how they are defined, and the instructions that reference those variable names. The input in an Assembler Language compiled source listing. Features: Add Microsoft Word headers and footers, complete with running page numbers. Load lines from an input text file into a fixed array. Set the output page margins on the Word document. Input file name is supplied on the command line, or alternately, by dragging and dropping the input file name in Explorer onto the name of the script.
Option Explicit Dim ipPath, objFSO, Msg, arStmts(20000), ipLine, objWord, ctrStmts Dim objDoc Const OPLIMIT = 999 '<------------------------------------Const wdSeekPrimaryFooter = 4 Const wdSeekPrimaryHeader = 1 Const wdSeekMainDocument = 0 Const wdAlignParagraphCenter = 1 Const wdFieldPage = 33 Const wdFieldNumPages = 26 ProcInit Proc01 Proc02 ' Initialization ' Add all of the Assembler statements to an array ' Process the variables (via the cross-reference)

MsgBox Msg,,Wscript.Scriptname & " completed." Set objFSO = nothing WScript.quit '*------------* '* Initialization '*------------* Sub ProcInit If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a file to the icon!" wscript.quit end if IpPath = wscript.arguments(0) ' Complete input file name Msg = "IpFile: " & IPPath & vbCRLF Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add objWord.Visible = True objword.ActiveDocument.pagesetup.leftmargin = 50 objword.ActiveDocument.pagesetup.rightmargin = 50 ' Launch Microsoft Word ' Create a new document ' Pixels??? ' Pixels???

' Header objWord.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekPrimaryHeader objword.selection.font.name = "Times New Roman" objword.selection.font.size = 14 objWord.selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter objWord.Selection.TypeText IPPath

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ProcFooter End Sub '*------------* '* Add all of the Assembler statements to an array '*------------* Sub Proc01 Dim objIpFile, ipLine, swInStmts, ctrIP, stmtno Set objIpFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(IPPath) ctrIp = 0 : ctrStmts = 0 swInStmts = "N" Do Until objIPFile.AtEndOfStream ipLine = RTrim(objIPFile.ReadLine) : CtrIP = CtrIP + 1 if swInStmts = "N" then If mid(IpLine,37,4) = "STMT" then swInStmts = "Y" end if end if if swInStmts = "Y" then If mid(IpLine,51,21) = "RELOCATION DICTIONARY" then swInStmts = "X" ' We are done end if end if if swInStmts = "Y" then ' Lines to skip if (mid(IpLine,42,1) = "*") or _ (left(IpLine,1) = "1") or _ (mid(ipLine,4,14) = "ACTIVE USINGS:") then else stmtno = mid(IpLine,36,5) If IsNumeric(stmtno) then ctrStmts = ctrStmts + 1 arStmts(stmtno) = mid(IpLine,36,78) ' Add it to the nth entry end if end if end if loop objIPfile.Close() Set objIPFile = nothing Msg = "Records read: " & ctrIP & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "arStmts added: " & ctrStmts & vbcrlf End Sub '*------------* '* Process the variables (via the Cross-Reference) '*------------* Sub Proc02 Dim objIpFile, swInXref, ctrIP, ctrXRef Set objIpFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(IPPath) ctrIp = 0 swInXRef = "N" ctrXref = 0 Do Until objIPFile.AtEndOfStream ipLine = RTrim(objIPFile.ReadLine) : CtrIP = CtrIP + 1 if swInXref = "N" then If mid(IpLine,33,43) = "ORDINARY SYMBOL AND LITERAL CROSS REFERENCE" then swInXref = "Y" end if end if if swInXref = "Y" then

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If mid(IpLine,2,1) = "=" then ' First literal. We are done. 'wscript.echo "I found the END of the cross-ref section (the first literal)" swInXref = "X" end if end if if swInXref = "Y" then ctrXRef = ctrXRef + 1 ' Lines to skip if (left(IpLine,8) = "1 ") or _ (left(IpLine,7) = "-SYMBOL") then else Proc021 ' Process this variable end if end if if ctrXref > OPLIMIT then exit do end if loop objIPfile.Close() Set objIPFile = nothing Msg = "XRef recs read: " & ctrXRef & vbcrlf End Sub '*------------* '* Process one variable '*------------* Sub Proc021 Dim ipLabel, ipLength, ipAddress, ipType, ipDefn, ipRefs, Msg2, i, strWk Dim stmtno, stmtbody, arWord, refNo if mid(IpLine,2,8) <> space(8) then ipLabel = mid(IpLine,2,8) ' Assembler label end if ipLength = mid(IpLine,12,5) ' Length ipAddress = mid(IpLine,18,8) ' Address ipType = mid(IpLine,40,1) ' Type ipDefn = mid(IpLine,56,6) ' Defined at statement no. if mid(IpLine,2,8) = space(8) then ipRefs = ipRefs & mid(IpLine,63,55) ' References else ipRefs = mid(IpLine,63,55) ' References end if ' Process the definition statement If trim(ipDefn) <> "" then objword.selection.font.name = "Courier New" objword.selection.font.size = 10 Msg2 = "Variable=" & trim(ipLabel) & "; " Msg2 = Msg2 & "length=" & ipLength & "; " Msg2 = Msg2 & "Address=" & ipAddress & "; " Msg2 = Msg2 & "type=" & ipType objWord.Selection.TypeText Msg2 & vbcrlf objword.selection.font.size = 9 Msg2 = " DEFN (" & trim(ipdefn) & "):" & vbTab strWk = arStmts(ipdefn) & space(7) stmtbody = Right(strWk,len(strWk)-6) Msg2 = Msg2 & stmtbody objWord.Selection.TypeText Msg2 & vbcrlf end if ' Process the references now. IpRefs = trim(IpRefs)

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arWord = Split(IpRefs) for each RefNo in arWord Refno = trim(Refno) If Refno <> "" then If right(RefNo,1) = "B" then Refno = left(RefNo,len(RefNo) If right(RefNo,1) = "D" then Refno = left(RefNo,len(RefNo) If right(RefNo,1) = "M" then Refno = left(RefNo,len(RefNo) If right(RefNo,1) = "U" then Refno = left(RefNo,len(RefNo) objword.selection.font.size = 9 Msg2 = " REF (" & RefNo & "):" & vbTab strWk = arStmts(RefNo) & space(7) stmtbody = Right(strWk,len(strWk)-6) Msg2 = Msg2 & stmtbody objWord.Selection.TypeText Msg2 & vbcrlf end if next objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf End Sub '*------------* '* Process the Footer '*------------* Sub ProcFooter Dim strWk With objWord .ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekPrimaryFooter .selection.font.size = 08 .selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter .Selection.TypeText Now() & " - Page " .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldPage .Selection.TypeText " of " .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldNumPages end with 'objWord.Selection.TypeText strwk objWord.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Seekview = wdSeekMainDocument End Sub

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Copy a Text File into a Word Document

This program will read a text file and copy it into a Word document. One particular feature of this program is that it inserts the file name, dynamically, into the footer. Features: Read a text file. Write a Microsoft Word document. Use command-line path names (allowing drag-and-drop invocation). Add the documents file name (including pathname), last edited date, page number, and number of pages to the footer.
Option Explicit Dim objFSO, objIPFile, FN, ipPath Dim CtrIP, ctrOP, ipLine, OPLine, objWord, objDoc Dim Msg, i Const OpLimit = 1000 ' <-------------------Const wdSeekPrimaryFooter = 4 Const wdSeekPrimaryHeader = 1 Const wdSeekMainDocument = 0 Const wdAlignParagraphCenter = 1 Const wdFieldPage = 33 Const wdFieldNumPages = 26 Const wdFieldEmpty = -1 Const wdFieldFileName = 29 If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a file on top of the icon!" wscript.quit end if ipPath = wscript.arguments(0) ' Complete input file name

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objIpFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(IPPath) Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add objWord.Visible = True objword.ActiveDocument.pagesetup.leftmargin = 50 objword.ActiveDocument.pagesetup.rightmargin = 50 ProcHeader ProcFooter CtrIP = 0 : CtrOP = 0 Do Until objIPFile.AtEndOfStream ipLine = RTrim(objIPFile.ReadLine) : CtrIP = CtrIP + 1 If (left(IpLine,1) = "<") or _ (instr(1,IpLine,"<html>",vbTextCompare) > 0) or _ (instr(1,IpLine,"<tt>",vbTextCompare) > 0) or _ (instr(1,IpLine,"<td w",vbTextCompare) > 0) then ctrSkipped = ctrSkipped + 1 else opLine = ipLine objword.selection.font.size = 12 objWord.selection.TypeText opLine & vbcrlf ' Launch Microsoft Word ' Create a new document ' Pixels??? ' Pixels???

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CtrOP = CtrOP + 1 if ctrOP > opLimit then wscript.quit end if end if loop objIPfile.Close() Msg = "" Msg = Msg & "IpFile: " & IPPath & vbCRLF Msg = Msg & CtrIP & " records read. " & vbCRLF MsgBox Msg,,Wscript.Scriptname Set objFSO = nothing Set objIPFile = nothing Set objOPFile = nothing wscript.quit '*------------* '* Process the Header '*------------* Sub ProcHeader With objWord .ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekPrimaryHeader .selection.font.name = "Times New Roman" .selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter .selection.font.size = 14 .Selection.TypeText "Module Linkage Report" & vbcrlf .selection.font.size = 12 .Selection.TypeText "Input: " & IPPath end with End sub '*------------* '* Process the Footer '*------------* Sub ProcFooter With objWord .ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekPrimaryFooter .selection.font.size = 08 .selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldFileName,"\p",false .Selection.TypeText " - " & Now() & " - Page " .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldPage .Selection.TypeText " of " .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldNumPages end with objWord.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Seekview = wdSeekMainDocument End Sub

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Process a Word Document

This program will read a Microsoft Word document, clean up the special characters, and load it into a string array. It will add linefeeds where necessary. Finally, it will write the file to a text file. Features: Read a Microsoft Word document. Use command-line path names (allowing drag-and-drop invocation). Write a text file.
Option Explicit Dim objFSO, objOPFile, objWord, objDoc, objSelection, objRange Dim strDocument, strContents, strContents2 Dim FN, opPath, ThisChar Dim Msg, i Const wdDoNotSaveChanges = 0 If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a file on top of the icon!" wscript.quit end if strDocument = wscript.arguments(0) Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") objWord.Visible = False objWord.DisplayAlerts = False versions objWord.Documents.Open strDocument,,True Set objDoc = objWord.ActiveDocument 'Remove any Word-specific formatting Set objSelection = objWord.Selection objSelection.ClearFormatting Set objRange = objDoc.Content strContents = objRange.Text strContents = objWord.CleanString(strContents) bullets objWord.Quit wdDoNotSaveChanges ' Create a Range object of the file's contents ' Grab the text within that range ' Remove any non-printing characters such as 'Close Word without saving changes to the document ' Complete input file name ' Do not display file type warnings for older ' Open document in Read-only mode ' Create a reference to the current document

' Word has created strContents, and separated each text line by ONLY a carriage return. ' We need to add line feeds. strContents2 = "" For i = 1 to len(strContents) ThisChar = mid(strContents,i,1) If ThisChar = vbCR then strContents2 = strContents2 & vbcrlf else strContents2 = strContents2 & ThisChar end if Next OpPath = "\\Dmvfsp08\mwdxg12$\Assignments\Misc\document.txt" Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objOPFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(OPPath) objOPFile.write(strContents2) objOPfile.Close()

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Msg = "Command complete!" MsgBox Msg,,Wscript.Scriptname Set Set Set Set Set Set objOPFile = nothing objFSO = nothing objOPFile = nothing objSelection = nothing objDoc = nothing objWord = nothing

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Create Days of Year

This program will generate a series of dates in the long date format. Features: Add text to a Word document: bold, unbold Format a date
Option Explicit Dim objWord, objDoc Dim Msg, i, dtdate Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add objWord.Visible = True ' Launch Microsoft Word ' Create a new document

dtDate = #01/01/2011# objWord.selection.font.size = 12 objWord.selection.font.name = "Times New Roman" For i = 1 to 16 objWord.selection.font.bold = true objWord.Selection.TypeText FormatDateTime(dtDate,vbLongDate) & vbcrlf objWord.selection.font.bold = false objWord.Selection.TypeText vbcrlf dtDate = dtDate + 1 Next Msg = "Done" MsgBox Msg,,Wscript.Scriptname wscript.quit

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Print a Mainframe Listing

This program will copy a mainframe listing to a Word document. It will process the ASA control character 1 by issuing a page break in Word. It will also process the 0 control character. This script demonstrates some of the esoteric formatting of Word documents, like margins, orientation, etc.
Option Explicit Const wdSeekPrimaryFooter = 4 Const wdSeekPrimaryHeader = 1 Const wdSeekMainDocument = 0 Const wdAlignParagraphCenter = 1 Const wdFieldPage = 33 Const wdFieldNumPages = 26 Const wdFieldEmpty = -1 Const wdFieldFileName = 29 Const wdPageBreak = 7 Const wdOrientPortrait = 0 Const wdOrientLandscape = 1 Const wdPrintView = 3 Dim objFSO, objIPFile, FN, ipPath, initFSO Dim CtrIP, ipLine, OPLine, objWord, objDoc, ctrOP Dim Msg, i, ctlchar ' Allow the user to choose an input file Set ObjFSO = CreateObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog") ObjFSO.Filter = "An Assembler listing text file|*.txt" objFSO.InitialDir = "C:\My Documents\source listings\" InitFSO = ObjFSO.ShowOpen If InitFSO = True Then IpPath = ObjFSO.Filename else MsgBox "You did not select a file!",,wscript.Scriptname Wscript.Quit End If ' Establish access to the input file Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objIpFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(IPPath) ' Establish access to the output file (Word document) Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") ' Launch Microsoft Word Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add ' Create a new document objWord.Visible = True ' Change to Print Layout View objWord.ActiveWindow.Activepane.View.Type = wdPrintView With objword.ActiveDocument.pagesetup .Orientation = wdOrientLandscape .LeftMargin = objword.InchesToPoints(0.17) .RightMargin = objword.InchesToPoints(0.17) .TopMargin = objword.InchesToPoints(0.25) end with CtrIP = 0 : ctrOP = 0 ProcHeader ProcFooter Do Until objIPFile.AtEndOfStream Objword.selection.font.name = "Courier New"

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objword.selection.font.size = 9 ipLine = RTrim(objIPFile.ReadLine) : CtrIP = CtrIP + 1 ctlchar = left(IpLine,1) if ctlchar = "1" then if ctrIP > 1 then objword.Selection.InsertBreak(wdPageBreak) end if If ctlchar = "0" then objWord.selection.TypeText " " & vbcrlf ' Blank line CtrOP = CtrOP + 1 end if If len(IpLine) > 0 then opLine = right(ipLine,len(IpLine)-1) else opLine = "" end if objWord.selection.TypeText opLine & vbcrlf CtrOP = CtrOP + 1 loop objIPfile.Close() Msg = "" Msg = Msg & "IpFile: " & IPPath & vbCRLF Msg = Msg & "- " & CtrIP & " records read. " & vbCRLF MsgBox Msg,,Wscript.Scriptname Set objFSO = nothing Set objIPFile = nothing wscript.quit '*------------* '* Process the Header '*------------* Sub ProcHeader exit sub ' If you want a heading later, comment this statement With objWord .ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekPrimaryHeader .selection.font.name = "Times New Roman" .selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter .selection.font.size = 14 .Selection.TypeText ipPath .selection.font.size = 12 end with End sub '*------------* '* Process the Footer '*------------* Sub ProcFooter With objWord .ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekPrimaryFooter .selection.font.size = 08 .selection.Paragraphs.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldFileName,"\p",false .Selection.TypeText " - " & Now() & " - Page " .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldPage .Selection.TypeText " of " .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldNumPages end with objWord.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Seekview = wdSeekMainDocument End Sub

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VBScripts for Microsoft Outlook

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VBScript Examples Display Current Appointments

This script will display the current months calendar in a web page (HTML). It will then look at all of the appointments in the calendar, and display the ones that are current in the current week, the next week, and the week after that. The program has set a switch to look at ALL occurrences of recurring tasks. This can amount to a high number, and will be an unlimited number if no end date is specified. Therefore, the program MUST provide a limit to the number of recurring items it looks at for each appointment. This one looks at the first 365, so it will see an item that started as far back as a year. Features: Create a monthly calendar Create a web page Interview all appointments in the calendar
Option Explicit Const DefaultCalendarBorderColor = "#000000" Const highlightcolor = "Yellow" Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim objFSO, objTF weekstogo, borderSize, borderColor, monthName thisday, mydate, myday, iThisMonth, iThisYear, strFirstmdy iFirstDayofThisMonth, iDaysThisMonth, iDayToDisplay opLine, i, x, daysOffset, daysLeft, decWeekstogo, Msg iDayofYear, IE, wshShell, strOutput strWebPagename, tempfolder, iCount, oCount, MyItems, CurrAppt, dtThisMonday, dtTheSundayAfter

borderSize = 1 borderColor = DefaultCalendarBorderColor thisday = Day(Date) myDate = Date myDay = DatePart("D", Date) iThisMonth = Month(Date) iThisYear = Year(Date) strFirstmdy = (iThisMonth & "/1/" & iThisYear) iFirstDayofThisMonth = DatePart("W", strFirstmdy) ' Store the month names into an array. ReDim monthName(13) monthName(0) = "Space" 'Set element 0 to garbage so I don't have to do math later monthName(1) = "January" monthName(2) = "February" monthName(3) = "March" monthName(4) = "April" monthName(5) = "May" monthName(6) = "June" monthName(7) = "July" monthName(8) = "August" monthName(9) = "September" monthName(10) = "October" monthName(11) = "November" monthName(12) = "December" 'Calculate number of days this month

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If iThisMonth = 12 Then iDaysThisMonth = DateDiff("d",strFirstmdy,("1/1/" & (iThisYear+1))) Else iDaysThisMonth = DateDiff("d",strFirstmdy,((iThisMonth+1) & "/1/" & iThisYear)) End If '*------------*& '* Begin creation of the output file here '*------------*& Set ObjFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' We don't use "temporary" file names, because they really aren't, and they hang around forever, ' or until someone specifically deletes them. strWebPagename = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetAbsolutePathName(".") & _ "\VBSCalendar.html" Set objTF = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strWebPageName) objTF.writeline("<%@ LANGUAGE=""VBSCRIPT"" %>") objTF.writeline("<HTML>") objTF.writeline("<HEAD>") objTF.writeline("<TITLE>My Calendar</TITLE>") objTF.writeline("</HEAD>") objTF.writeline("<body bgcolor=""#FFFFD8"">") Msg = FormatDateTime(Now(),vbLongDate) objTF.writeline("<center><h1>" & msg & "</h1>") OpLine = "<table cellpadding=""4"" cellspacing=""1"" border=""0"" bgcolor=""#ffffff"">" OpLine = OpLine & "<tr><td colspan=""7""align=""center"" bgcolor=Yellow><b>" OpLine = OpLine & (monthName(iThisMonth) & " " & iThisYear) & "</b></td></tr>" objTF.writeLine(OpLine) ' Write the row of weekday initials objTF.writeLine("<tr>") objTF.writeLine("<td align=""center"" objTF.writeLine("<td align=""center"" objTF.writeLine("<td align=""center"" objTF.writeLine("<td align=""center"" objTF.writeLine("<td align=""center"" objTF.writeLine("<td align=""center"" objTF.writeLine("<td align=""center"" objTF.writeLine("</tr>") objTF.writeLine("<tr>")

bgcolor=""#A1C6D1"">S</td>") bgcolor=""#A1C6D1"">M</td>") bgcolor=""#A1C6D1"">T</td>") bgcolor=""#A1C6D1"">W</td>") bgcolor=""#A1C6D1"">R</td>") bgcolor=""#A1C6D1"">F</td>") bgcolor=""#A1C6D1"">S</td>")

'Now write the first row For i = 1 to 7 if i = iFirstDayofThisMonth Then iDayToDisplay = 1 elseif i > iFirstDayofThisMonth Then iDayToDisplay = iDayToDisplay + 1 else iDayToDisplay="&nbsp;" end if if iDayToDisplay = thisDay Then Msg = "<td align=center bgcolor=Yellow><b>" & iDayToDisplay & "</b></td>" else Msg = "<td align=center>" & iDayToDisplay & "</td>" end If objTF.writeLine(Msg) Next ' Now, display the rest of the month. ' First figure out how many weeks are left to write daysOffSet = 8 - iFirstDayofThisMonth daysLeft = iDaysThisMonth - daysOffset decWeekstogo = Round((daysLeft/7),2)

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' I think this logic is screwy. If decweekstogo > 4 Then weekstogo = 5 ElseIf decweekstogo > 3 and decweekstogo <= 4 Then weekstogo = 4 Else weekstogo = 3 End if ' Now write the rows and populate the data For x = 1 To weekstogo objTF.writeLine("<tr>") For i = 1 To 7 If iDayToDisplay < iDaysThisMonth then iDayToDisplay = iDayToDisplay + 1 else iDayToDisplay = "&nbsp;" End If if iDayToDisplay = thisDay then Msg = "<td align=center bgcolor=Yellow><b>" & iDayToDisplay & "</b></td>" else Msg = "<td align=center>" & iDayToDisplay & "</td>" end If objTF.writeLine(Msg) Next objTF.writeLine("</tr>") Next objTF.writeLine("</table>") objTF.writeLine("</center>") ' The calendar is finished displaying. Now display some information that *might* be useful. iDayofYear = DateDiff("d","01/01/" & year(now),month(now) & "/" & day(now) & "/" & year(now)) + 1 objTF.writeLine("The Day of the Year is " & iDayofYear) ProcessOutlook objTF.writeLine("</BODY>") objTF.writeLine("</HTML>") objTF.close '*------------*& '* Now display the web page '*------------*& Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell") Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") IE.visible = 1 IE.navigate("file:" & strWebPagename) '* We can't delete the file because we get here right after the web page is displayed, and it is still in use. 'objFSO.DeleteFile(strWebPagename) WScript.quit '*-------------* '* Go to Outlook for appointments '*-------------* Sub ProcessOutlook Dim objOutlook, objNameSpace, objFolder 'Const olMailItem = 0 'Const olTaskItem = 3 Const olFolderTasks = 13 Const olFolderCalender = 9 '* Display any meetings from Outlook

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'Create Outlook, Namespace, Folder Objects and Task Item Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.application") Set objNameSpace = objOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI") Set objFolder = objNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalender) Set MyItems = objFolder.Items MyItems.IncludeRecurrences = True myItems.Sort "[Start]" ' Check for meetings THIS week dtThisMonday = dateadd("d", 1 - weekday(date), date) + 1 strOutput = strOutput & "<Center><h3> Meetings This Week </h3></center>" DispOneWeek ' Check for meetings NEXT week dtThisMonday = dateadd("d", +7, dtThisMonday) strOutput = strOutput & "<Center><h3> Meetings NEXT Week </h3></center>" DispOneWeek ' Check for meetings NEXT week dtThisMonday = dateadd("d", +7, dtThisMonday) strOutput = strOutput & "<Center><h3> And, the week AFTER that </h3></center>" DispOneWeek 'Display results to user, if any. If strOutput > "" Then objTF.writeLine(strOutput) Else objTF.writeLine("Meetings for this week: NONE<br>") End If 'Clean up Set objFolder = Nothing Set objNameSpace = Nothing set objOutlook = Nothing End sub '*-------------* '* Sub DispOneWeek '*-------------* ' This routine will display one week's worth of Outlook reminders. Sub DispOneWeek oCount = 0 : iCount = 0 dtTheSundayAfter = DateAdd("d", +6, dtThisMonday) For Each CurrAppt in MyItems 'If CurrAppt.BusyStatus = 2 and CurrAppt.Sensitivity = 0 then ???? iCount = iCount + 1 If iCount > 365 then ' Limit the number of recurring entries to look at exit for ' Bail on THIS item only end if If CurrAppt.Start >= dtThisMonday And _ CurrAppt.Start <= dttheSundayAfter Then CrOpLine End If Next End sub '*-------------* '* Sub CrOpLine - Create an Output line for DispOneWeek '*-------------* Sub CrOpLine oCount = oCount + 1 strOutput = strOutput & oCount & ". " & _

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"<b>Subject:</b> " & CurrAppt.Subject & _ " <b>Date/Time:</b> " & CurrAppt.Start & _ " <b>Duration</b> " & CurrAppt.Duration & "<br>" "; recurrence pattern=" & CurrAppt.GetRecurrencePattern & "<br><br>"

' End sub

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Process Current Appointments

This script will create an e-mail (but it wont send it) listing all appointments from the calendar scheduled for the next week. Features: Interview all appointments in the calendar Send an Outlook e-mail
Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim objOutlook objNameSpace objFolder MyItems CurrentAppointment strOutput olMailItem = 0 olTaskItem = 3 olFolderTasks = 13 olFolderCalender = 9

Const Const Const Const

'Create Outlook, Namespace, Folder Objects and Task Item Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.application") Set objNameSpace = objOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI") Set objFolder = objNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalender) Set MyItems = objFolder.Items dtLastWeek = DateAdd("d", -7, date) dtNextWeek = DateAdd("d", +7, date) strOutput = strOutput & "<h2> Meetings This Week </h2>" icount = 0 For Each CurrentAppointment in MyItems If currentAppointment.BusyStatus = 2 and currentAppointment.Sensitivity=0 then If CurrentAppointment.Start >= dtLastWeek And CurrentAppointment.Start <= Date+1 Then icount = icount + 1 strOutput = strOutput & icount & ". " & CurrentAppointment.Subject & vbTab & _ " <b>Time:</b> " & CurrentAppointment.Start & _ " <b>Duration</b> " & CurrentAppointment.Duration& vbCRLF txtNames = txtNames & CurrentAppointment.Subject & vbTab & _ " <b>Time:</b> " & CurrentAppointment.Start & _ " <b>duration</b> " & CurrentAppointment.Duration& vbCRLF End If End If Next ' Create (but don't send) the e-mail Set objMsg = objOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem) objMsg.To = "e-mail recipient address" objMsg.Subject = "Subject of message on " & Date() objMsg.Display strOutput = replace(strOutput,vbCrLF,"<br>") objMsg.HTMLBody = strOutput 'Display results to user, if any. 'If strOutput > "" Then ' Msgbox strOutput, vbExclamation, "Meetings for this week" 'Else

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' Msgbox "No Tasks Today", vbInformation,"No Meetings for this week" 'End If 'Clean up Set objFolder = Nothing Set objNameSpace = Nothing set objOutlook = Nothing set objMsg = Nothing

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Process Outlook E-mail

This script will read all of the e-mail messages in the Outlook inbox, and display them. Note that Outlook, because of the way it is configured in some locations, will issue a warning message when a program, including this script, is trying to access its information.
' Process Outlook e-mail Option Explicit Dim OlApp, Inbox, InboxItems, Mailobject Dim Msg, emSubject, emFrom, emTo, emBody, emDateSent, eCtr Const olFolderInbox = 6 Set OlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set Inbox = OlApp.GetNamespace("Mapi").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox) Set InboxItems = Inbox.Items Msg ="" : eCtr = 0 For Each Mailobject In InboxItems 'If Mailobject.UnRead Then eCtr = eCtr + 1 emSubject = Mailobject.Subject emfrom = Mailobject.SenderName emTo = Mailobject.To emBody = Mailobject.Body emDateSent = Mailobject.SentOn 'Mailobject.UnRead = False Msg = Msg & "Subject= " & emSubject & ";" & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & " From=" & emFrom & ";" & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & " To= " & emTo & ";" & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & " Sent=" & emDateSent& ";" & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & " Body=" & emBody & ";" & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "------------------------------------------------" & vbcrlf Next Msg = "I processed " & eCtr & " e-mail messages!" & vbcrlf & Msg MsgBox Msg,,WScript.Scriptname Set Set Set Set OlApp = Nothing Inbox = Nothing InboxItems = Nothing Mailobject = Nothing

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VBScripts for Microsoft Access

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VBScript Examples Create an Access Database

This script will create an Access Database. It will then create a table within, populate that table, and read it back (and display it). It is interesting to note that you do not have to have Microsoft Access installed on the system for this script to be able to run! Features: Create an Access database Create an Access database table Populate an Access database table Process an Access database/table
Option Explicit Const Provider = "microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0" const adInteger = 3 const adVarChar = 202 Dim db, ds, catalog, tblData, conn, cmd, RS, Msg, sql db = "\\Dmvfsp08\mwdxg12$\Data\Scripts\TestDB.mdb" ds = "provider=" & provider & "; data source=" & db set catalog = createobject("adox.catalog") catalog.create ds ' Create a table in this database set tblData = createobject("adox.table") tblData.Name = "tblInfo" tblData.columns.append "id", adInteger tblData.columns.append "surname", adVarChar, 30 tblData.columns.append "Address", adVarChar, 30 tblData.keys.append "Info_Key", 1, "id" catalog.Tables.Append tblData ' Now populate the database table set conn = createobject("adodb.connection") conn.open ds sql = "insert into tblInfo (id, Surname, Address) conn.Execute sql sql = "insert into tblInfo (id, Surname, Address) conn.Execute sql sql = "insert into tblInfo (id, Surname, Address) conn.Execute sql sql = "insert into tblInfo (id, Surname, Address) conn.Execute sql conn.close ' Now read back the data, and display it. set cmd = createobject("adodb.command") conn.open ds cmd.ActiveConnection = conn sql = "Select id, SurName, Address from tblInfo" cmd.CommandText = sql set RS = cmd.execute ' Enumerate each row in the result set '<--- path and file name ' Connection string

' Integer ' Variable Character

'unique id

values (1,'Grund','1234 W 5th Street')" values (2,'Smith','4523 N 6th Street')" values (3,'Jones','7890 S 1st Street')" values (4,'Blake','6543 E 2nd Street')"

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Msg = "" while rs.EOF <> true and rs.BOF <> True Msg = Msg & "ID=" & rs(0) & "; Surname=" & rs(1) & "; Address=" & rs(2) & vbcrlf rs.movenext wend conn.close MsgBox Msg,,"Table contents" ' Free the memory set tblData = nothing set catalog = nothing set conn = nothing MsgBox "Database created, populated, and read!",,wscript.scriptname

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VBScripts for Open Office

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VBScript Examples Read a Spreadsheet

' Written by Dave Grund, June 9, 2011. ' This program will read an ODS spreadsheet. This one is from Lotus Symphony ' (informational statement, in case there are problems/conflicts later). Option Explicit Dim objApp, objFSO, col, row Dim IpFn, OpFn, ctrOP, OurPath, objOpFile, opLine, strwk Dim oServiceManager, objDesktop, oDoc, oSheet, oCell, nValue Dim mArgs(0) ' Declare an array OurPath = "C:\Grund\Misc\" IpFn = OurPath & "Symphony_Spreadsheet_Example.ods" OpFn = OurPath & "Process ODS File output.txt" ' Start the Service Manager or connect to existing one Set oServiceManager = WScript.CreateObject("com.sun.star.ServiceManager") ' Create the Desktop - the default frame Set objDesktop = oServiceManager.createInstance("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop") ' Open a Existing ODT ' TODO: Open the spreadsheet WITHOUT displaying the Symphony opening screen! ' The "MakePropertyValue" below does NOT hide the application (Lotus Symphony) ' screen. 'Set mArgs(0) = MakePropertyValue("Hidden", False) Set mArgs(0) = nothing Set oDoc = objDesktop.loadComponentFromURL("file:///" & IpFn, "_blank", 0, mArgs) strWk = "" : row = 6 For col = 1 to 12 set oSheet = oDoc.getSheets().getByName("A") set oCell = oSheet.getCellByPosition(col-1, row-1) ' nValue = oCell.getValue() ' Get the numeric value nValue = oCell.getstring() ' get the string value strwk = strwk & nValue & "/" Next msgbox "The values in row " & row & " are " & strwk ' Open the output text file 'Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'Set objOpFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(OpFn) 'ctrOP = 0 ' Cleanup oDoc.Close (True) Set oDoc = Nothing 'objOpFile.close wscript.quit ' This is a standard function that is required in many cases. Function MakePropertyValue(cName, uValue) Dim oStruct Set oStruct = oServiceManager.Bridge_GetStruct("com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue") oStruct.Name = cName oStruct.Value = uValue Set MakePropertyValue = oStruct

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End Function

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VBScripts for XML

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VBScript Examples Create an XML File

' Create an XML File Set xmlDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM") Set objRoot = xmlDoc.createElement("Level1") xmlDoc.appendChild objRoot For i = 1 to 3 Set objRecord = xmlDoc.createElement("Level2") objRoot.appendChild objRecord '<--- objRecord is Level 2 Set objName = xmlDoc.createElement("DataElement1") objName.Text = "Data Element 1" objRecord.appendChild objName Set objDate = xmlDoc.createElement("DataElement2") objDate.Text = "Data Element 2" objRecord.appendChild objDate Next Set objIntro = xmlDoc.createProcessingInstruction _ ("xml","version='1.0'") xmlDoc.insertBefore _ objIntro,xmlDoc.childNodes(0) xmlDoc.Save "xmlexample.xml" MsgBox "Complete!",,wscript.scriptname

This command creates this:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <Level1> <Level2> <DataElement1>Data <DataElement2>Data </Level2> <Level2> <DataElement1>Data <DataElement2>Data </Level2> <Level2> <DataElement1>Data <DataElement2>Data </Level2> </Level1>

Element 1</DataElement1> Element 2</DataElement2> Element 1</DataElement1> Element 2</DataElement2> Element 1</DataElement1> Element 2</DataElement2>

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VBScripts for Data

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VBScript Examples Classes

This script demonstrates the use of a Class.
Option Explicit Class Driver Private m_DriverName Private m_DriverLNo Private m_CitationCount Private Sub Class_Initialize m_DriverName = "" m_DriverLNo = "" m_CitationCount = 0 End Sub ' DriverName property. Public Property Get DriverName DriverName = m_DriverName End Property Public Property Let DriverName(p_drivername) m_DriverName = p_drivername End Property ' DriverLicense Number property. Public Property Get DriverLNo DriverLNo = m_DriverLNo End Property Public Property Let DriverLNo(p_driverLNo) m_DriverLNo = p_driverLNo End Property ' CitationCount property (read only). Public Property Get CitationCount CitationCount = m_CitationCount End Property ' Methods. Public Sub IncreaseCitations(p_valuetoincrease) m_CitationCount = m_CitationCount + p_valuetoincrease End Sub Public Sub ClearCitationCount m_CitationCount = 0 End Sub End Class '*-------------* '* Declare our variables and constants '*-------------* Const strFilename = "WriteRec.XML" Dim c, Msg, intRecNum Set c = New Driver intRecNum = 0 c.DriverName = "Arnie Schwartz" c.DriverLNo = "CA123456" c.IncreaseCitations(5) c.IncreaseCitations(3)

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DispOneRec c.DriverName = "Maria Schriver" c.DriverLNo = "CA123457" c.IncreaseCitations(2) DispOneRec MsgBox "Complete! I wrote " & intRecNum & " records.",,WScript.scriptname Sub DispOneRec intRecNum = intRecNum + 1 Msg = "Driver name=" & c.Drivername & ";" & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "Driver License No.=" & c.DriverLNo & ";" & vbcrlf Msg = Msg & "No. of citations=" & c.CitationCount & vbcrlf MsgBox Msg,,WScript.Scriptname c.ClearCitationCount End sub

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Duration
This script asks the user for a start time and an end time, and will display the difference. Features: Date and time difference calculation
' Duration - Calculate how long something has taken Option Explicit Dim tmStart, tmEnd, tmDur tmStart = trim(InputBox("What is the start time?","Start Time",FormatDateTime(now(),4))) tmEnd = trim(InputBox("What is the end time?","End Time")) If (TmStart = null) or (TmStart = "") or (TmEnd = null) or (TmEnd = "") then MsgBox "Please enter a valid non-blank time",,"Error!" wscript.quit end if tmDur = DateDiff("n",tmStart,tmEnd) If tmDur < 0 then MsgBox "The start time should be earlier than the end time." & vbcrlf & "Please try again.",,"Error!" wscript.quit end if MsgBox "That task took " & tmDur & " minutes.",,wscript.scriptname

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VBScript Examples Create and Process a Record Set

' This program demonstrates how to use a Record Set without a database. Option Explicit Dim objExcel, objWorkbook, objWorksheet, row, col, msg, ThisTxt, ThisLen, ctrCells, objFSO Dim ipFN, j, ctrArrayElems Dim GroupArray() If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a spreadsheet file name to this one!" wscript.quit end if '*------------* '* Create a recordset to contain the fields from the STIG '*------------* const adUseClient = 3 const adInteger = 3 const adChar = 129 const adDBTimeStamp = 135 dim MyRec : set MyRec = createobject("adodb.recordset") MyRec.cursorLocation = adUseClient MyRec.Fields.append "Col18",adchar,10 MyRec.Fields.append "Col19",adchar,100 MyRec.Fields.append "Col21",adchar,100 MyRec.Fields.append "Col22",adchar,200 MyRec.Fields.append "Col23",adchar,100 MyRec.Fields.append "Col28",adchar,255 MyRec.Fields.append "Col30",adchar,255 MyRec.Open '*------------* '* Read the Excel spreadsheet, and create a recordset of the contents '*------------* Set objFSO = Createobject("Scripting.FileSystemobject") IpFN = trim(wscript.arguments(0)) ' Start the Excel application Set objExcel = Createobject("Excel.Application") objExcel.Application.visible = false ' Do not make Excel visible Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(IPFN) Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1) ctrArrayElems = 0 Dim GroupID, GroupName For Row = 1 to objWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count GroupID = objWorksheet.Cells(row,18).Value GroupName = objWorksheet.Cells(row,19).Value If (trim(GroupID) <> "") or (trim(GroupName) <> "") then ctrArrayElems = ctrArrayElems + 1 MyRec.Addnew MyRec("Col18") = objWorksheet.Cells(row,18).Value MyRec("Col19") = objWorksheet.Cells(row,19).Value MyRec("Col21") = objWorksheet.Cells(row,21).Value

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MyRec("Col22") MyRec("Col23") MyRec("Col28") MyRec("Col30") end if next = = = = objWorksheet.Cells(row,22).Value objWorksheet.Cells(row,23).Value objWorksheet.Cells(row,28).Value objWorksheet.Cells(row,30).Value

'msg = "I found " & Row & " rows in the spreadsheet and " 'msg = msg & ctrArrayElems & " GroupIDs" 'MsgBox(Msg) objExcel.Application.quit Set objWorksheet = nothing Set objWorkbook = nothing Set objExcel = nothing '*------------* '* Count the records in the recordset '*------------* 'MyRec.movefirst 'i = 0 'while not MyRec.eof ' i = i + 1 ' MyRec.Movenext 'wend 'MsgBox ("Before deduping, I saw " & i & " records") '*------------* '* Now remove duplicates from the recordset '*------------* Dim Lastrec, ThisRec LastRec = "" myrec.sort = "Col19,Col18" MyRec.movefirst while not MyRec.eof ThisRec = trim(MyRec("Col19")) & trim(MyRec("Col18")) If LastRec = ThisRec then myrec.delete else LastRec = ThisRec end if MyRec.Movenext wend '*------------* '* Count the records in the recordset '*------------* MyRec.movefirst Dim Numrows : numRows = 0 while not MyRec.eof numRows = numRows + 1 MyRec.Movenext wend 'MsgBox ("After deduping, I saw " & numRows & " records") '*------------* '* Now create a Word table with the fields

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'*------------* Dim objWord, objDoc, objRange, objTable Const NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS = 7 Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") objWord.Visible = True Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Add() ' Create a NEW document Set objRange = objDoc.Range() objDoc.Tables.Add objRange, numRows, NUMBER_OF_COLUMNS Set objTable = objDoc.Tables(1) ' Work with the first (and only) table objTable.Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "STIG ID" objTable.Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = "VULID" objTable.Cell(1, 3).Range.Text = "ID10" objTable.Cell(1, 4).Range.Text = "Severity" objTable.Cell(1, 5).Range.Text = "Weight" objTable.Cell(1, 6).Range.Text = "FixRef" objTable.Cell(1, 7).Range.Text = "System" objTable.Cell(2, objTable.Cell(2, objTable.Cell(2, objTable.Cell(2, objTable.Cell(2, objTable.Cell(2, objTable.Cell(2, 1).Range.Text 2).Range.Text 3).Range.Text 4).Range.Text 5).Range.Text 6).Range.Text 7).Range.Text = = = = = = = "Col "Col "Col "Col "Col "Col "Col S" R" U" V" W" AB" AD"

MyRec.movefirst Row = 3 while not MyRec.eof objTable.Cell(row, 1).Range.Text objTable.Cell(row, 2).Range.Text objTable.Cell(row, 3).Range.Text objTable.Cell(row, 4).Range.Text objTable.Cell(row, 5).Range.Text objTable.Cell(row, 6).Range.Text objTable.Cell(row, 7).Range.Text MyRec.Movenext : row = row + 1 wend objTable.AutoFormat(16) MsgBox("Your Word table is ready!") Wscript.quit

= = = = = = =

MyRec("Col19") MyRec("Col18") MyRec("Col21") MyRec("Col22") MyRec("Col23") MyRec("Col28") MyRec("Col30")

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VBScript Examples Modify a File

This script will copy a file, and skip HTML metadata. It can be modified to do any kind of file editing and manipulation that you want. Features: Process a command line parameter. If you drag an icon over the VBScript file icon, the former will become a command line parameter. Look for a string within another string.
Option Explicit Dim objFSO, objIPFile, objOPFile Dim FN, ipPath, opPath Dim CtrIP, CtrOP, ipLine, OPLine, ctrSkipped Dim Msg, i If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 then wscript.echo "Please drag a file on top of the icon!" wscript.quit end if ipPath = wscript.arguments(0) OpPath = left(IpPath,len(IpPath)-5) & ".txt" ' Complete input file name

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objIpFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(IPPath) Set objOPFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(OPPath) CtrIP = 0 : CtrOP = 0 Do Until objIPFile.AtEndOfStream ipLine = RTrim(objIPFile.ReadLine) : CtrIP = CtrIP + 1 If (left(IpLine,1) = "<") or _ (instr(1,IpLine,"<html>",vbTextCompare) > 0) or _ (instr(1,IpLine,"<tt>",vbTextCompare) > 0) or _ (instr(1,IpLine,"<td w",vbTextCompare) > 0) then ctrSkipped = ctrSkipped + 1 else objOPFile.writeline(iPLine) : CtrOP = CtrOP + 1 end if loop objIPfile.Close() objOPfile.Close() Msg = "" Msg = Msg & "IpFile: " & IPPath & vbCRLF Msg = Msg & "OpFile: " & OPPath & vbCRLF Msg = Msg & CtrIP & " records read. " & vbCRLF Msg = Msg & CtrSkipped & " records skipped." & vbCrLF Msg = Msg & CtrOP & " records written." & vbCrLF MsgBox Msg,,Wscript.Scriptname Set objFSO = nothing Set objIPFile = nothing Set objOPFile = nothing

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VB Scripts for Lotus Notes

SendMail
' Sendmail.vbs Option Explicit Dim nSession, db, doc Set nSession = CreateObject("Notes.NotesSession") 'Gets the current user's maildatabase Set db = nSession.GETDATABASE("","") Call db.OPENMAIL Set doc = db.CREATEDOCUMENT Call doc.REPLACEITEMVALUE("SendTo", "[email protected]") Call doc.REPLACEITEMVALUE("Subject", "Mail sent from VBscript SendNotesmail Using Lotus Notes") Call doc.REPLACEITEMVALUE("Body", "Does it work?") Call doc.SEND(False) MsgBox ("The command completed.")

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Snippets
Change the Format of a Column
This snippet will set the width of a column, and change the format (of an entire column) so it wraps the text.
objExcel.Columns(2).ColumnWidth = 60 objWorksheetO.Cells(oRow,2).Value = (text field) set objRange = objExcel.Range("B1").EntireColumn objRange.Wraptext = true

Include Common Code

The common VBScript statements (example) ' Globals.txt - Global VBScript statements that are used by all of the ' scripts.
Const pathname = "C:\My Documents\DataFile\"

' This code will include a common set of VBScript statements.

Const ForReading = 1 Dim fso: set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dim f : set f = fso.OpenTextFile("globals.txt",ForReading) Dim s: s = f.ReadAll() ExecuteGlobal s Dim filename : filename = pathname & "myfile.xls" Prove this is working wscript.echo "The file name is " & filename

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Notes
Converting VBA to VBS
Many times, you can find exactly what you want by searching the web. Sometimes, however, the exact combination of features that you want to use arent readily available in an example form. I have found that ONE way to accomplish what you want to accomplish in VBScript is to write a macro, and then convert that macro from VBA to VBS. Usually, this entails only syntactical changes. For example, the following VBA code:
Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldPage Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldNumPages

Is converted to the following VBScript code:

With objWord .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldPage .Selection.Fields.Add .Selection.Range,wdFieldNumPages end with

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