Creating text files using the Scripting.FileSystemObject with VBScript
Well, I didn’t expect the cat to get out of the bag quite so quickly! (Congratulations go out to Stoinov for getting the correct answer I was thinking of so very quickly!) So while he’s been sleeping...
View ArticleReporting CPU usage by saving it to a file with the VBScript filesystem object
Last time, in my entry entitled VBScript to check CPU and Processor performance counter statistics using WMI, I asked you to modify the code I gave to include the access method type in the function. If...
View ArticleDocument group policy objects in Microsoft Word using VBScript
OK, here is the posting I hinted at in my previous posting this week entitled, Using VBScript to create Word documents automatically with the Word.Application Object. In that posting I mentioned a...
View ArticleVBScript Statements: Explanation of Select … Case
The Select … Case VBScript statement is a very powerful way to easily preform specific actions based on a comparison of a variable to a series of cases you specify, plus it allows for the fact that...
View ArticleGetting disk usage data with the filesystem object and the Excel.Application...
In my previous posting, entitled Working with the Excel.Application object in VBScript to create Excel Spreadsheets, we worked with excel in VBScript to create a excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet...
View ArticleA simple way to Write to the registry with VBScript
Last time I posted I gave you a function that provided A simple way to read the registry with VBScript, in this posting we’ll use the same Wscript.shell object as last time, just use a different...
View ArticlePinging a remote computer from another remote computer using the WMI...
I recently began working on trying to figure out ways to troubleshoot real problems with a VBScript and give me some diagnostic information about the current state of the environment. As I build this...
View ArticleVBScript Statements: Explanation of the Function Statement
The Function statement creates a function and allows you to list the arguments (if any) which are to be passed into the function. The major difference between a function and a subroutine, is that a...
View ArticleEasy string manipulation with VBScript using the Replace Function
Recently, I had a situation at the office where I needed to check a web.config file for the existence of a setting. Not a hard problem– just open the file up an look for it, however, that becomes a...
View ArticleFinding the owner of a process remotely with VBScript via the Win32_process...
Recently I had an issue where I needed to find the user running a series of processes on a large number of servers. Initially, it was a long process of logging onto each server then opening task...
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