Work this end (XP). Create a new file, call it test.vbs. Put this in it. WScript.Sleep 1000 MsgBox “TEST” Run it, notice the delay before the message box is shown. Note, the number is in Milliseconds, so 1000 is 1 second.
follow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896456 To start a 32-bit command prompt, follow these steps: * Click Start, click Run, type %windir%\SysWoW64\cmd.exe, and then click OK. Then type cscript vbscriptfile.vbs
You can escape by doubling the quotes g=”abcd “”” & a & “””” or write an explicit chr() call g=”abcd ” & chr(34) & a & chr(34)
It basically tells the program when you encounter an error just continue at the next line.
You can use WScript.Arguments to access the arguments passed to your script. Calling the script: cscript.exe test.vbs “C:\temp\” Inside your script: Set File = FSO.OpenTextFile(WScript.Arguments(0) &”\test.txt”, 2, True) Don’t forget to check if there actually has been an argument passed to your script. You can do so by checking the Count property: if WScript.Arguments.Count = … Read more
VBScript has no notion of throwing or catching exceptions, but the runtime provides a global Err object that contains the results of the last operation performed. You have to explicitly check whether the Err.Number property is non-zero after each operation. On Error Resume Next DoStep1 If Err.Number <> 0 Then WScript.Echo “Error in DoStep1: ” … Read more