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    - Allowed characters in strFullName Hi all - I have written a script to create users, but am now in doubt about what (if any) limitations there are to strFullName? Google has been of little help. Kind regards Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205741
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    - Script for inventory - will not pull Mac address?? OK I had posted earlier regarding an inventory script, which is now working great hurray! However once piece of the puzzle, in fact the last bit of information I need from the machines on our network, refuses to show up. Mac addresses keep coming back as blank - not even null, just blank! Heres the extremely basic script I'm using for that part of it (I set it to echo back at me so I can see what its getting and try to troubleshoot) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration " & _ "Where IPEnabled = True") For Each objMac in objItem.MacAddress objrecordset("Mac") = objMac wscript.echo objMac Next just what in the world is wrong with this? I've used this same format over and over again, other than checking for IPenabled flag to be sure its a NIC thats in use. GAH! Help a noob again please :-) Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205739
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    - USB - How can I ??? I have at least two USB devices providing service to/for at least two disk drives. One is an external drive plugged into one of the USB ports on my Koutech F7210 card reader: 4 types of memory cards = 4 drives being used, through just one (1) USB controller ( I think ). 2 USB ports 2 Firewire ports 1 external SATA port My basic problem is that when the PC boots up, my card reader uses/creates four (4) disk drives, one for each of the memory card types the system can deal with. I only have Compact Flash cards. Can I, and if so, HOW can I, disable three (3) out of the four (4) drives? ( BEFORE or AFTER the disk drives are created makes no differnece to me. I'd just like to be able to automate this process, if the capability exists. ) In fact, I want to **STOP** three (3) out of the four (4), so the three (3) "extras" will disappear. I've read elsewhere about disabling the external drive capability altogether, say for flash drives and such. But I don't want to get rid of ALL my USB drives, just "some" of them. Does anyone know? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Tom Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205738
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    - Store passwords in scripts ("Best practice"?) Hi, We have a Terminal services serverfarm where users login to execute their ERP-applications. Each user has a loginscript in VBscript. The loginscript must access data in a MSSQL-database on each logon... The question: how do i connect to the MSSQL-server from the vbscript in a "secure" way? The "easy"(and IMO _wrong_) way is to store the connectionstring directly in the source of the script...But anyone who has a bit of computer knowledge will be able to view the source of the loginscripts and see the username/password for the SQL-server... How do you do it? Is it possible to save logon-scripts as "execute only/denie read"? Or is there a good way to store the "connection"(or login-credentials) when writing the VBscripts? Thanks! Kind regards Thomas Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205735
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    - Specify icon for system modal msgbox If a system modal msgbox is displayed, a default application icons appears in the title bar. Is it possible to specifiy an icon to be displayed? iWarningResponse = MsgBox("Are you sure?",4096+32+4,"Reset") Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205734
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    - WMI results in English How to "tell" WMI, I want the result of the WMI-query in English? If the computer has a not English (not MUI) Windows, the local(!) WMI query returns the result on the native language of the OS. The remote query (from an English Windows) returns the result of the same not English computer in English. I was setting the current task's CultureInfo in en-US, but the result is still not English. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205733
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    - Check if a file is used Hi, as the subject, I want to check- via vbscript - if a file is using from an user account or from another system process. Is anything about this issue. Be aware that I do not want check if the file is open, but used. Thanks a lot. Fr. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205730
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    - Upload to an sftp server using vbscript Hello All, I am going to try this again. I apparently posted this in the wrong group before and was 'politely' told to post it here. This question isn't simple and I have noticed often people ask for more information so I will give you the whole story upfront: I recently started a new job and in the past they have solved a lot of simple tasks by utilizing vbs files. I am pretty fluent in Visual Basic but a little new to vbs files so this has been an 'interesting' transition as it is. Currently I have a vbs file that runs a rather elaborate query against an SQL server, the data is exported to a csv file and then emailed to a client. This vbs file actually works really well, however the client has requested that we start uploading it to an sftp site instead. Instead of reinventing the wheel I assumed that I could replace a few email lines of code with a few ftp commands. I researched the web and found several examples utilizing ftp.exe. Through further research I found that ftp.exe offers no support for a port higher than 21. Therefore I assume that ftp.exe offers no support for sftp. Can anyone offer me a solution that will allow me to upload to an sftp server without rewriting this code in some other format! Thanks, tooMuchCode Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205723
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    - VBScript and FileSystemObject I have a website that allows FileSystemObject to be used on files on the website itself. But when I use WriteLine to try and add to the file, nothing happens and the file has not been changed. It works when I have it modify the file on my hard drive, but when I try to have it modify the one on the website, it doesn't work. The two files, one called test.htm, and the one with the code that modifies test.htm, are both in the same folder. This is the code I use to open the file - I think this is where the problem is occuring... dim fso, thefile Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set thefile = fso.OpenTextFile("test.htm", 8, False) Is there something I need to add in front of the "test.htm" to get it to look on the website itself instead of on the user's hard drive? Thanks! Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205720
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    - Open "enter password" form in HTA At one point in my HTA I need the user to enter and then re-enter a password. I would like a separate form to popup to accept this information; once user enters and clicks okay, the password form closes and leaves the user on the first form. Has anyone got a generic example that does this? Thanks so much for your assistance. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205715
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    - Write Variable to .mdb Anybody have an example of how to write the contents of a variable to a field in a table in an Access database? Or a SQL database? Thanks in advance DG Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205713
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    - Renaming mp3 files I have a top 100 list of audio files that I want to remove the number prefix from eg Original file name:- 001 - artist name - song tile Remove number prefix so it looks like this:- artist name - song title Thanks Charles Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205707
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    - Default Printer Enumeration Is there a way to capture information about a default printer on an individuals PC? I have the captured printers informmation but I also want the default printer that is set. Thanks in advance THis is my script Set oNet= WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set oPrinters = oNet.EnumPrinterConnections oUser = oNet.UserName oComputer = oNet.ComputerName Set oFilesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set oFiletxt = oFilesys.CreateTextFile("\\server\share for "&oUser&" on "&oComputer&".txt", True) sPath = oFilesys.GetAbsolutePathName("\\server\share for "&oUser&" on "&oComputer&".txt") sFilename = oFilesys.GetFileName(sPath) oFiletxt.WriteLine "Network printer mappings for "&oUser& " on " & oComputer For i = 0 to oPrinters.Count - 1 Step 2 oFiletxt.WriteLine "Printer " & oPrinters.Item(i) & " = " & oPrinters.Item(i+1) Next oFiletxt.Close Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205706
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    - input by increment from txt or xls or mdb autECLSession.autECLOIA.WaitForInputReady autECLSession.autECLPS.SendKeys "AF81F00011" Is there a way to change that ID number from a list 'outside' of a macro that I'm working in. Would be very grateful for some guidance. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205704
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    - Change button color? Is it possible to change the font color, background color, and font style of a button in an HTA? For example something like: <INPUT TYPE="Button" Value="Test" Style="Height:30px;Width:30px" Name="btnAddAll" Font Color=[some color] Background Color=[some color] Font Style=[Some Style] Onclick="FileAddAll"></Input> As always, your help is much appreciated. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205703
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    - Code behind popup on MS web page - how do they do that? If you go to the Microsoft page at the following location: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535882.aspx And click the "Show ME" button at the bottom it illustrates a right click popup that consists of a four or five buttons like a shortcut menu. Unfortunately, they do not post the code to replicate this cool technique (that is, using buttons). Can anyone post example script that replicates this functionality - I just want the menu, not the frame functionality? Thanks much in advance. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205702
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    - Update local user password via GPO or script. Hello all â?? I have a script to update an AD users password via script but am wondering if it is possible to update a local users password via script or GPO. Iâ??d post the script I have but itâ??s just from the portable script center. Thanks for your assistance. TimM Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205695
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    - HTA blocked by "safety settings"? I have an HTA that when I run it I get an error: "Safety settings on this computer prohibit accessing a data source on another domain." This error is at the following code line: BinaryStream.LoadFromFile sFileName The program is being run from a network; the file it is trying to load is in the same folder as the HTA; the path and file names are solid; the source file is not password protected. I thought this was especially odd since as I understand it, HTAs are supposed to allow you to bypass a lot of the security imposed by other methods... Any idea why this is occurring or how I can work around it? I'm dead in the water at this point...and just when I thought I was done... Thanks a lot in advance for your help/input. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205694
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    - Calling a function from a function I am trying to clean up a script that has alot of duplicate code in it. I am trying to put everything in a function as to componantize it. I am a VBScript newbie. My question is: Why do I get no data return when calling a function from a function. Has the data been destroyed when the function ended? Example below. Thanks in advance. ************************************************ Set WshShl = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 'msgBox("Hello") Inputinfo DisplayInfo Function Inputinfo() strusername = Inputbox("Enter Name") End Function Function DisplayInfo() Msgbox(strUserName) End Function ***************************************************************** Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205691
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    - UTC Time Hi Group How will i get the time in UTC format through VB script. Thanks in Advance Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205690
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    - Lock TextArea from editing but not from code I have a text area on an HTA window that I am populating with info, but I don't want the user to be able to edit or change it. Is there a way I can lock a TextArea for editing, without locking out run time code? If so, could someone please post generic example code to do it; or other code if I need a different type of control for this... Thanks a lot in advance... Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205684
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    - Size HTA window on load When my HTA opens, I would like the window to be a specific size (as in pixels, inches, or whatever) in height and width and lock at that size. How can I do this? Can someone please post generic example code? Thanks much in advance for your assistance... Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205681
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    - Taskbar Magnifier PowerToy The Taskbar Magnifier powertoy is nice but inconvenient because: 1) you have to rightclick on the taskbar, 2) you have to select Toolbars, 3) you have to select Taskbar Magnifier, 4) if you don't like the title "Magnifier" next to it you have to rightclick on it, and 5) you have to uncheck Title To close it is easier but still: 1) you have to rightclick on the taskbar, 2) you have to select Toolbars, 3) you have to unselect Taskbar Magnifier. I would like to have some code to put in a file so when I'll click the shortcut of the file in the Quick Launch toolbar: 1) if the Taskbar Magnifier is closed it will open it an unselect Title. 2) if it is open to close it. That would make its use much more convenient. Can someone help? Thanks, Eustace -- JavaScript Date Calculator for your desktop http://www.geocities.com/emfrilingos/tm/datecalc.html Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205679
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    - alternative to Wscript.Quit for use in HTA I have written a simple script to copy some files and then run sysprep. When a file or folder does not exist I use the wscript.quit command to stop the script. In order for my script to be more user friendly I would like to use a HTA. I have searching on the internet for the past 3 days and can not find a answer to this question. How to I quit a vbscript inside a HTA. (with quiting the current HTA window) here is my sample vbscript: Sub copynetworkfiles Dim Titlenetwork Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") If objFSO.FolderExists(NetworkFolder) Then objFSO.CopyFile NetworkFolder & "*.*" , "c:\sysprep" , OverwriteExisting Dirlog = Dirlog & "Copied Folder All Files From " & NetworkFolder & strDriveLetter & VbCrLf Else Titlenetwork = "No Network Drive" MsgBox "Unable to find " & NetworkFolder & VbCrLf & "Script will now quit", 16 , Titlenetwork WScript.quit End If End Sub Once I port this to hta the wscript.quit does not work. Now I understand why I just want a way to stop the script running. At the moment I have about 10 subs and the script just keeps running and will therefore error more and more. Really looking for easy workaround, I have read that maybe forcing an error may work and then write an error on for that error return code? Any Ideas??????????????????? Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205677
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    - Is the file in use?? Does anyone have a snippet that will display whether or not a file is in use by any application? For example Is myfile.txt open in notepad or wordpad or any other editor? Probably impossible but it's worth asking. TIA Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205674
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    - Service Related Issue Hi Group I have solved many problem within a very short time with the help of this group. Thanks to all. Now i am stuck into new issue. - I have one script which is running as a service and after 15 mins of its installation time, its giving me desired output. But if i reboot my system within 15 mins I am not getting the output I want. And service is also not starting after boot. I want that my script should calculate the time when it installed and even after reboot it should give my desired output. For Eg: I have installed the service at 6:15 PM and put a line in script like WScript.Sleep 900000 Wscript.Echo "It is done ." Problem : If i reboot my system within 15 mins then neither my service is running nor any msg i am getting, Can anyone help me . Thanks in Advance to this group. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205670
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    - Add items to a list box using script in HTA I'm working on a small HTA app and I want to add some items from an array to a list box using VBScript. I cannot figure out how to do it... Can someone please post a generic code example that does it? Thanks much in advance. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205666
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    - Call a .bat file in VBS Hi Groups Can i know the command to call a .bat file through vb script ? Like : - I have one .bat file in "D:\text.bat" - I want to call this file through vbscript. Please help me. Thanks !! Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205656
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    - Excel oWorksheet.Range Hi, I would like to modify this line; oWorksheet.Range("E7:E167").Copy(tWorksheet.Range("B32")) To use a variable for the column number. Anyone have an idea how to do that? Here is my code that works; <----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sub DistTT2 xSearch = "" fDate = Left(fCr,2) & "/" & Right(fCr,2) Book2.Activate Set oWorksheet = book2.Worksheets("Trouble Tickets") oWorksheet.Activate Set tWorksheet = book2.Worksheets("Trouble Tickets (2)") Set fRow = oXL.Range("A3").SpecialCells(11) Set oDate = fRow.Find (CDate(fDate & "/2007")) oDate.select 'WScript.Echo "oDate = " & oDate rCol = oDate.Column oWorksheet.Range("E7:E167").Copy(tWorksheet.Range("B32")) oWorksheet.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit End Sub <------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > I want to be able to set the Range to Copy to (rCol7:rCol167) but rCol is a number. I tried the (row,col) and several other combinations with no luck. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205647
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    - Can I break out of vbScript by causing error..... let me explain I have a vbScript that checks to see if the ASP.NET Web Service Extension is first, present and, if so, enabled. I would like to call this from a third party CD Browser authoring tool (AutoPlay by Indigo Rose). I'm able to call the script from a button on our created browser, but I don't know if its possible to pass any information from the script back to the AutoPlay created browser. So, what I was hoping to do was if the extension is not present or not enabled, somehow cause the script to blow out with an error. I think I can store the resulting code from the call in my browser. However, I've tried everything and including 'On Error Resume Next' causes the AutoPlay browser to see the script as completing successfully. Anyway, here's the script... Dim aWebSvcExtRestrictionList Dim extension, sExt, Found on error resume next aWebSvcExtRestrictionList = Array() Set IIsWebServiceObj = GetObject("IIS://localhost/W3SVC") ' Store original value: aWebSvcExtRestrictionList = IIsWebServiceObj.WebSvcExtRestrictionList For extension = 0 to UBound(IIsWebServiceObj.WebSvcExtRestrictionList) sExt = IISWebServiceObj.Get("WebSvcExtRestrictionList")(extension) If (0 < (InStr(sExt, "Microsoft.NET\Framework \v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll"))) Then If ("0" = Left(sExt, 1)) then 'Blow out with error that may be caught by AutoPlay, but with no message Elseif ("1" = Left(sExt, 1)) Then 'Do nothing here Else 'Blow out with error that may be caught by AutoPlay, but with no message end if Else 'Blow out with error that may be caught by AutoPlay, but with no message end if Next Any pointers, info, help Greatly Appreciated!!! Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205643
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    - Adding users to a Security Group based on AD Description field Hi all. I am creating a script that will create an Active Directory OU structure, then create a Global Group and then add users to AD from a CSV file. What I want to do from here, is to be able to populate the newly created Global Group with users. I want to do this by reading the CSV file, and based on an arrInput (3) value (which is the description of the user created) I want to put them into the correct Global Group. The text file reads as follows: FirstName,LastName,UserName,Description or for a real world example: John,Doe,jdoe,Help Desk Now, based on that information, I have created the script below and keep in mind this is only a snippit of the code. What I want to focus on, is why I can run the script, everything works perfectly and I get no errors, however the script finishes without adding the users to the groups. I'm hoping someone can help me out and maybe point out something I'm overlooking. I can post the entire script if need be....Thanks in advance!! '@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set tsInputFile = fso.OpenTextFile ("c:\userlist.csv", ForReading, False) While not tsInputFile.AtEndOfStream strLine = tsInputFile.ReadLine arrInput = Split(strLine, ",") If UBound(arrInput) = -1 Then 'skip this one... Else If arrInput(3) = "Help Desk" Then Set objGroup = GetObject("LDAP:// OU=Global,OU=Groups,DC=DomainName,DC=local") objGroup.PutEx ADS_PROPERTY_APPEND, "member", "cn=GG_HelpDesk,OU=Global,DC=DomainName,DC=local") objGroup.SetInfo End If End if Wend TsInputFile.Close'@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205636
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    - Wrap calls in a Sub that fires when opened? I have a VBS file with about half a dozen functions; how do I designate in which order to call them when the file is loaded? I like systematic order; so I would like to wrap the calls in a Sub, but then how do you get the Sub to run? OR, do I just place my calls at the top of the file and run the functions in sequence that way?... I've been writing short scripts for awhile, but this is the first time I've needed a few function calls. Thanks in advance... Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205635
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    - match case when replacing in regex Hi, I have a replace in a macro and what I want to do is match the case of the string that I'm replacing. So if my old string is "string" then I want to replace it with "newstring" and if it's "String" then I want to replace it with "Newstring" and if it's "STRING" then I want to replace it with " NEWSTRING". Is there a way to do this? Thanks!! Amy Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205631
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    - Shell.Exec, Won't Capture STDOUT and STDERR Heres the VB code: Option Explicit Dim Shell, X Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") X = Execute() WScript.Echo "Status " & X Set Shell = Nothing Function Execute() Dim Retval, P Set P = Shell.Exec("bs.bat") While P.Status = 0 If Not P.StdOut.AtEndOfStream Then WScript.Echo "O " & P.StdOut.ReadAll If Not P.StdErr.AtEndOfStream Then WScript.Echo "E " & P.StdErr.ReadAll WScript.Sleep 100 Wend Execute = P.ExitCode End Function and the batch file: echo "Assssssssssssssss!" echo "Bassssssssssssssss!" echo "Massssssssssssssss!" Output: $ cscript.exe vdub2.vbs Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. O c:\Documents and Settings\assbasscass\Desktop>echo "Assssssssssssssss!" "Assssssssssssssss!" c:\Documents and Settings\assbasscass\Desktop>echo "Bassssssssssssssss!" "Bassssssssssssssss!" c:\Documents and Settings\assbasscass\Desktop>echo "Massssssssssssssss!" "Massssssssssssssss!" Status 0 The vbs script detects STDOUT has data, as it prints out the "O", yet the output from the script isnt there. Any Ideas? Thanks Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205623
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    - Time Check issue Hi Group I want a vbscript which should run as service and after 1-hr of its installation, one msg should pop up automatically. Its a very critical issue for me. Please help. -- Thanks and Regards Kathy Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205613
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    - Variable is undefined Hello, I am getting the following error: Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01f4' Variable is undefined: 'Format_Date_Time_Num' -------------------- In the code there is this: Dim strOrderId Randomize strOrderId = Format_Date_Time_Num(Date(),Time()) & (round(Rnd() * 10000000)) --------------------- Can some one please help me by telling what I am doing wrong? Thanks! Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205610
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    - Time Check Issue Hi Group I need one VB script which will run as a Service and after one hr of its installation, it should pop up any message. This is very much critical for me. Please help Thanks SR Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205609
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    - Object not a collection on reboot job Hello All, I've scripted a job, that runs at 3:00AM to reboot all the machines in our domain running an operating system with the word Professional in it. I took a look at the results file I get it to create, which states if the reboot was successful and if not the error message. Weird thing is for a few machines I get the following errors: MMAHWENDEPI did not reboot, error was "Object doesn't support this property or method" TRAINING_08 did not reboot, error was "Object not a collection" WHARVEY did not reboot, error was "The specified module could not be found. " Here is the script: ' Scipt Language VBScript ' Script created by Darrin Henshaw, for Ignition Bermuda ' Created on February 1, 2007 - February 3, 2007 ' Modified for International Advisory Services On Error Resume Next Const ForWriting = 2 Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objLog = objFSO.CreateTextFile("I:\Reboot\AllPCs.txt") Set objFSE = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objLogFile = objFSE.CreateTextFile("I:\Daily\Reboot_Results.txt") Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE") strConfig = objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext") ' Use ADO to search Active Directory for ObjectClass nTDSDSA. Set adoCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command") Set adoConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") adoConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject" adoConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider" adoCommand.ActiveConnection = adoConnection strFilter = "(objectCategory=computer)" 'Here is the bread and butter of thes portion. This line here queries AD for computers, with a certain OS Version. 'The two versions in question here are Windows 2003 Server, and Windows 2000 Server. strQuery = "<LDAP://" & strConfig & ">;" & strFilter _ & ";distinguishedName,Name,operatingSystem;subtree" adoCommand.CommandText = strQuery adoCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000 adoCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30 adoCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False Set adoRecordset = adoCommand.Execute Do Until adoRecordset.EOF strOS = adoRecordset.Fields("operatingSystem").Value strComputer = adoRecordSet.Fields("Name").Value If InStr(strOS, "Professional") Then strDistName = adoRecordSet.Fields("distinguishedName") Set objComputer = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDistname) If objComputer.AccountDisabled = False Then objLog.WriteLine strComputer End If End If adoRecordSet.movenext Loop Dim oFSO, oTS, sClient, oWindows, oLocator, oConnection, oSys Dim sUser, sPassword 'set remote credentials sUser = "administrator" sPassword = "h0rnet03" 'open list of client names Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set oTS = oFSO.OpenTextFile("I:\Reboot\AllPCS.txt") Do Until oTS.AtEndOfStream 'get next client name sClient = oTS.ReadLine 'get WMI locator Set oLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") 'Connect to remote WMI Set oConnection = oLocator.ConnectServer(sClient, _ "root\cimv2", sUser, sPassword) 'Err.Clear 'issue shutdown to OS ' 4 = force logoff ' 5 = force shutdown ' 6 = force rebooot ' 12 = force power off Set oWindows = oConnection.ExecQuery("Select " & _ "Name From Win32_OperatingSystem") For Each oSys In oWindows oSys.Win32ShutDown(6) Next If err <> 0 Then objLogFile.Write sClient & " did not reboot, error was " & chr(34) & Err.Description & chr(34) objLogFile.Write vbCrLf Else objLogFile.Write sClient & " rebooted fine." objLogFile.Write vbCrLf End If Err.Clear Loop 'close the text file oTS.Close Any ideas what is causing the errors? I've looked it over and am stumped. Thanks. Cheers, D *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205608
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    - Mailbox rights Is there a way to read the "mailbox rights" of all users in my Active Directory using vbscript or another tool? Thanks!!! Felipe Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205599
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    - Stream to convert text to byte Does anyone have generic example code for VBScript to convert a string to a byte array? I think there is a way to do this using an ADO stream, but I can't get it to function... For example, the following is supposed to convert binary to text: Set BinaryStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") BinaryStream.Type = adTypeBinary BinaryStream.Open BinaryStream.Write baEnCrypt BinaryStream.Position = 0 BinaryStream.Type = adTypeText BinaryStream.CharSet = "us-ascii" 'unicode sEnCrypt = BinaryStream.ReadText 'stream in text BinaryStream.Close Set BinaryStream = Nothing How do I get it the other way around? (i.e. Text to binary). For one thing what is the equivalent of vbFromUnicode? Thanks much for your assistance. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205598
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    - print from the script Hello, I have a folder on my Windows 2003 server box where every night 2 pdf files are saved. Names of these files never changes, they just get overwritten by a scheduled job. What I need to do is get a script that would print both files running as a scheduled job. The only way I could get this script to work is if I scheduled it as a logged on user and left my console open. For perfection I need this to work as a user that never logged on to the system, but has admin rights on the computer. I am killing Acrobat proccess at the end because it does not close itself after printing. (Acrobat 8.0) TargetFolder = "C:\Program Files\Websense\webroot\Explorer\Other" Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(TargetFolder) Set colItems = objFolder.Items For i = 0 to colItems.Count - 1 colItems.Item(i).InvokeVerbEx("Print") Next WScript.Sleep 60000 strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'acrord32.exe'") For Each objProcess in colProcessList objProcess.Terminate() Next Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205591
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    - Change Field Type in Jet Database I have code that creates a Jet database, creates a table and creates a number of fields. The field creation code is: For i=1 to 100 .Columns.Append "Field" & CStr(i), adVarWChar, maxStrLength .Columns("Field" & CStr(i)).Properties("Nullable") = True .Columns("Field" & CStr(i)).Properties("Jet OLEDB:Allow Zero Length") = True If i = 98 Then .Columns("Field" & CStr(i)).?????????????????? End If Next Field98 needs to be a memo type field. How do I set the Data Type for a field? I'm searched all over and I can't find any syntax guide for setting parameters on fields. Thanks, Bernie Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205588
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    - Script that will locate a user's .pst file and back it up/move it to a new location. We've just merged with another company and apparently it was their policy to store .pst files on the local desktop for each user. This is fine, however, in the event of a crashed hard drive or deleted profile, the user's pst is gone. On top of that, there seems to be no rhyme or reason on where the files are located. Sometimes they're in the default location, other times in the user's documents folder and once in a while on the root drive (WTF!?!) I'd like to have a quick script that will find what .pst's outlook is mapped to for a user and either make a backup copy on the user's home drive or even move the file and configure Outlook to use the new copy. However, I don't know where or how Outlook keeps track of the .pst location. I've checked in the registry and can't find any mention of the files themselves. I'm guessing it's stored in the user's outlook profile and I'm not real familiar with where and how those are structured. Anyone have any ideas/examples of something like this? Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205587
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    - Help with dateconversion Hi I can't get this to work. The user enters the date into the textbox in the following format YYYY-MM-DD. Sub btnOk_onClick() Dim sDate Set sDate = document.all.item("txtDate") ... End Sub I then pass the date (sDate) to a database query but need to validate the entry before that. IsDate(sDate) and CDate(sDate) will fail however. Aren't the functions IsDate and CDate supposed to handle string values? Any ideas? TIA po Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205586
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    - Simple Excel delete rows above 9 I'm very very new at this. I'm trying to create a vbscript that will open an Excel 2003 file and delete all rows above 9. This is the code I came up with. Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("D:\ServerFiles\CroftDB\DbImport\dbaum.xls") rows(9).Offset(-x).Resize(x).delete objExcel.Quit The error message I'm getting says Line 4. Type Mismatch: 'rows' Code: 800A000D I Googled the code number and I didn't understand most of what I'm reading. Please help a very newbie out. I just want to delete all rows above 9 in Sheet1. This VBScript is running on my Win2003 server and I'm using Excel 2003. Thanks in advance. Phil Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205583
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    - Compare two text streams - Part II Hello all. Based on this original post: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript/browse_thread/thread/c7e9260e5aa76272/?hl=en# I've created a modified version of the original script to compare two text streams. One of the modifications I had to make was to add a second Do Until...Loop for a "reverse comparison." Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8 Const OverwriteExisting = True Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") LogFile = "File_Comparison.log" Set fLog = objFSO.OpenTextFile (LogFile, 8, True) sFile1 = "File1.txt" sFile2 = "File2.txt" fLog.writeline vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "Comparing FILE 1:" & vbCrlf & _ vbCrlf & vbTab & sFile1 & vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "against FILE 2:" & vbCrlf & _ vbCrlf & vbTab & sFile2 & vbCrlf & vbCrlf IF objFSO.FileExists(sFile1) Then Set objFile1 = objFSO.OpenTextFile(sFile1, 1) Else WScript.Echo "The file " & sFile1 & " was NOT found!" WScript.Quit End IF IF objFSO.FileExists(sFile2) Then Set objFile2 = objFSO.OpenTextFile(sFile2, 1) Else WScript.Echo "The file " & sFile2 & " was NOT found!" WScript.Quit End IF '~~ Loop through and compare each line of the two files sFileStream2 = objFile2.ReadAll Identical = true Counter = 0 Do Until objFile1.AtEndOfStream sFileStream1 = objFile1.ReadLine IF InStr (sFileStream2, sFileStream1) <> 0 Then ' fLog.writeline "Match: " & sFileStream1 & " found in File2" Else IF Counter = 0 Then fLog.writeline _ "Lines in FILE 1 that were NOT FOUND in FILE 2:" & _ vbCrlf & vbCrlf Counter = Counter + 1 END IF fLog.writeline "DIFFERENCE: " & sFileStream1 & vbCrlf Identical = false End IF Loop objFile1.Close objFile2.Close IF Identical = true Then fLog.writeline "NO DIFFERENCES." & vbCrlf END IF fLog.writeline vbCrlf & "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" fLog.writeline vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "Comparing FILE 2:" & vbCrlf & _ vbCrlf & vbTab & sFile2 & vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "against FILE 1:" & vbCrlf & _ vbCrlf & vbTab & sFile1 & vbCrlf & vbCrlf Set objFile1 = objFSO.OpenTextFile(sFile1, 1) Set objFile2 = objFSO.OpenTextFile(sFile2, 1) '~~ Loop through and compare each line of the two files sFileStream1 = objFile1.ReadAll Identical = true Counter = 0 Do Until objFile2.AtEndOfStream sFileStream2 = objFile2.ReadLine IF InStr (sFileStream1, sFileStream2) <> 0 Then ' fLog.writeline "Match: " & sFileStream2 & " found in File1" Else IF Counter = 0 Then fLog.writeline _ "Lines in FILE 2 that were NOT FOUND in FILE 1:" & _ vbCrlf & vbCrlf Counter = Counter + 1 END IF fLog.writeline "DIFFERENCE: " & sFileStream2 & vbCrlf Identical = false End IF Loop objFile1.Close objFile2.Close IF Identical = true Then fLog.writeline "NO DIFFERENCES." & vbCrlf END IF fLog.writeline vbCrlf & "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" fLog.writeline vbCrlf IF Identical = true Then fLog.writeline "Files are identical." ELSE fLog.writeline "Files are NOT identical - there are differences." END IF fLog.writeline vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "--- END OF LOG ---" ' & vbCrlf fLog.close objShell.Run "NOTEPAD.EXE" & " " & LogFile, 3 Set objFSO = nothing Set objShell = nothing Set fLog = nothing Set objFile1 = nothing Set objFile2 = nothing In other words, the first Loop did a file comparison of FILE 1 against FILE 2; so that if there were any lines in FILE 1 that were not found in FILE 2, they would be displayed in the output log. But if the reverse was true, the original script had no checking for that case. So I had to add the second Loop to do a reverse comparison - FILE 2 against FILE 1 - so that if there were any lines in FILE 2 that were not found in FILE 1, they would be displayed in the output log. My script works, but I'm guessing there's some redundancy and it could be streamlined. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - Dave Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205577
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    - insert a one second delay in my script ? HI, How do I insert a one second delay in my script ? Thanks Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205574
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    - Determine cluster instances, and disk space Hello, I've been tasked by my boss to pull a script together, that will do the following: 1. Determine cluster instances within the domain. 2. Each resource group in the cluster instance, has a resource which is of the type physical disk. I need to get the free disk space, total disk space, and percentage free for that resource. I haven't touched scripting involving cluster instances before, so am not sure how to proceed. I was given this code, which will determine the clusters, and what the active node is: On Error Resume Next Set objCluster = CreateObject("MSCluster.ClusApplication") 'This must be the NetBIOS name for domain 'FQDN will not work Set objNet = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") strNetBiosName = objNet.UserDomain Set objClust2 = objCluster.ClusterNames(strNetBiosName) For i = 1 To objclust2.count strClustName = objClust2.Item(i) Set objClusterCon = CreateObject("MSCluster.Cluster") objClusterCon.Open(strClustName) WScript.Echo "Cluster Name = " & strClustName For Each objResGroupName In objClusterCon.ResourceGroups strResGroupName = objResGroupName.Name WScript.Echo "Active Node for the " & strResGroupName & " Resource Group = " & objClusterCon.ResourceGroups.Item(strResGroupName).OwnerNode.Name Next WScript.Echo vbcrlf Set objCluster = Nothing Next Word wrapping will probably mess it up, but you can get the picture. Anyone have any ideas, of where to start, or any resources on this? Thanks. Cheers, D *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205571
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    - Lock vbs file when editing Hello, I'm looking for a solution to lock a vbs file when editing. So no other users can edit the file at the time someone is editing the code. Is this possible via vbscript? I checked some Concurrent Versions System (CVS) like SubVersion. But these appliocations are overkill for our small environment. Can you guys give me some tips to code this in vbscript please? thx. Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205568
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    - "unspecified error" from script... Hello - I keep getting an error "unspecified error" on line 19 character 2 below. (objOU.MoveHere "LDAP://" & strUSERDN, vbNullString). Any help is appreciated. The script should pull from a text file a list of users and move them to a specific OU Option Explicit Dim objFSO, objFile, strFileName, objOU, strOU, strUSERDN ' Specify the OU to move computer objects into. strOU = "ou=aaa_InactiveComputers,dc=domain,dc=com" ' Bind to the OU object. Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://" & strOU) ' Open text file with Distinguished Names of USERs. strFileName = "users.txt" Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFileName, 1) ' Read USER DN's from the text file. Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream strUSERDN = Trim(objFile.ReadLine) If (strUSERDN <> "") Then objOU.MoveHere "LDAP://" & strUSERDN, vbNullString End If Loop ' Clean up. objFile.Close Tag: Script Power Shell Tag: 205562

Can VBScript script Power Shell?

I have a couple of things I want to run in VBScript & PowerShell, but
PowerShell cannot run all that I need.

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Re: Script Power Shell by Owen

Owen
Tue May 08 12:45:51 CDT 2007

On May 8, 8:13 am, Epoh Rio <Epoh...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Can VBScript script Power Shell?
>
> I have a couple of things I want to run in VBScript & PowerShell, but
> PowerShell cannot run all that I need.

I'm pretty sure you can implement or "wrap" vbscripts and wmi into
powershell, though I haven't tried powershell yet. There was a good
article in Technet Magazine recently

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/05/PowerShell/default.aspx

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Re: Script Power Shell by Chris

Chris
Tue May 08 12:50:07 CDT 2007

Not sure about VBScript scipting PowerShell, but I would think you
could have your VBScript execute your .ps1 script.

Or you could code what you need in PowerShell and have it call your
VBScript.

http://powershelllive.com/blogs/lunch/archive/2007/03/28/day-2-writing-scripts-and-translating-vbscript.aspx

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Re: Script Power Shell by EpohRio

EpohRio
Fri May 11 07:38:01 CDT 2007

That is what I figured, oh well doesnt hurt to check.

Thanks

"Chris" wrote:

> Not sure about VBScript scipting PowerShell, but I would think you
> could have your VBScript execute your .ps1 script.
>
> Or you could code what you need in PowerShell and have it call your
> VBScript.
>
> http://powershelllive.com/blogs/lunch/archive/2007/03/28/day-2-writing-scripts-and-translating-vbscript.aspx
>
>

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