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Home for VBScripts

Who is this VBScript Section Aimed At?

Here is my new Section for VBScript

• Windows 2003 / 2000 administrators who wish to write VBScripts.
• Those new to scripting who need examples to get started.
• Script writers who are familiar with other languages and need to transfer to VBScript.
• (Web based VBScripting is not covered here.)

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Useful VBScript Knowledge

VBScript conforms to the classic Object programming model.  Objects such as Files have properties for example 'Path' and 'Type'.  The interesting part is the methods because they are used to manipulate the object, for instance, GetObject, CreateObject and ConnectObject.

It can be hard to pin down VBScript.  There are no stand-alone executables, you do not compile VBScript as you would with C++.  How does it work, I can hear you asking.  Well VBScript works through a host WSH which reads plain scripts, compiles them and runs them.  This means what ever is in those scripts is what gets done.

• Getting Started - Beginners advice for creating and saving .vbs scripts

• What VBScripts can do - Explaining the scope of VBScripts in Windows 2003

• Simple Script to Begin  - Create computers and start designing your VBScripts

• Create Users - Import users from a spreadsheet

• Hungarian Variables - Give your variables meaningful names

• Option Explicit - Tighten up your scripts by declaring all variables

• File System Object (FSO) - Insight into how VBScripts can read and write to files

• WScript.Echo - Create useful messages to confirm what your script has achieved

• Event Logs - Design a VBScript to query the logs and find interesting Event IDs

• Registry - Control settings through making changes to values in registry keys.

• LDAP Properties - Knowledge of the LDAP names user properties is essential for creating users.

• ADSI Edit - A wonderful tool to investigate LDAP attributes

• Version Check esp 98 - Simple check to see that Windows 98 clients can run VBScripts

• Code 800 errors - Discover what causes those annoying WSH messages

• Error Handling - Design your code with routines to trap and display errors

• Troubleshooting Tips - Handy techniques for solving your problems

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See Also

• Getting Started
• What VBScripts do for Windows 2003

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