how can I check if a file exists?
Start with this: Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) If (fso.FileExists(path)) Then msg = path & ” exists.” Else msg = path & ” doesn’t exist.” End If Taken from the documentation.
vbscript
ActiveX component can’t create object
It turns out to get this application working under VBScript, I had to do two things. Run RegAsm.exe to register the DLLs. Run the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe to run my VBScript. If these don’t work, check out the other answer here about enabling 32-bit applications in IIS.
Error – “There is no script engine for file extension .vbs” when using “Git Bash Here” in Windows 7
The problem is caused by associating .vbs files with a program other than Microsoft Windows Based Script Host (the default). In my case, I had associated the files with Notepad++. I was able to solve it by running Notepad++ as an administrator and removing the file association for .vbs files. If you’re not sure which … Read more
How to do multiple conditions for single If statement
Use the ‘And’ keyword for a logical and. Like this: If Not ((filename = testFileName) And (fileName <> “”)) Then
Return value from a VBScript function
To return a value from a VBScript function, assign the value to the name of the function, like this: Function getNumber getNumber = “423” End Function
Can you debug VBScript in Visual Studio?
First of all VBScript is an interpreted language and does not need to be compiled. But yes, you can debug your VBScript file inside Visual Studio. Under “Tools / External Tools” you have to register the Windows Script Host (CScript.exe or WScript.exe) once with some startup parameters (to make it available in the Tools menu): … Read more
Hex-Value in Visual Basic
Try &HABCD, that’s how it works for most BASIC languages.
VBScript support in Internet Explorer 11
The IE team has been trying to retire VBScript for years. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/Hh700404.aspx indicates that support was removed from the ExecScript API. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn384057(v=vs.85).aspx explains that it’s removed from IE11 Edge mode in the Internet Zone. If you add the following to your HEAD tag, your VBScript will run: <meta http-equiv=”x-ua-compatible” content=”IE=10″>
How to call a VBScript file in a C# application?
The following code will execute a VBScript script with no prompts or errors and no shell logo. System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@”cscript //B //Nologo c:\scripts\vbscript.vbs”); A more complex technique would be to use: Process scriptProc = new Process(); scriptProc.StartInfo.FileName = @”cscript”; scriptProc.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = @”c:\scripts\”; //<—very important scriptProc.StartInfo.Arguments =”//B //Nologo vbscript.vbs”; scriptProc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; //prevent console window from popping up … Read more
Running command line silently with VbScript and getting output?
You can redirect output to a file and then read the file: return = WshShell.Run(“cmd /c C:\snmpset -c … > c:\temp\output.txt”, 0, true) Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) Set file = fso.OpenTextFile(“c:\temp\output.txt”, 1) text = file.ReadAll file.Close