Questions tagged [wsh]
For questions relating to Windows Script Host (WSH), a language-independent scripting host for the Windows operating system. It allows scripts to be run from both the graphical Windows desktop (via WScript.exe) and the command prompt (via CScript.exe).
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SAP GUI script opens an Excel window and I can't stop it
I'm trying to automate SAP GUI export to an Excel file, which in turn is then used by another Excel file with some VBA code to automate filtering and formatting the data.
I've got it all running, ...
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Starting and minimizing Quake Terminal at startup
I'm trying to create a WSF that I can run using Task Scheduler at login. I want it to open the Terminal, switch to Quake mode, minimize that and then close the orignal Terminal window.
I've got as far ...
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Use VSCode to debug Windows Script Host scripts
Is there a way to configure VSCode to allow me to debug old JavaScript (JScript?) or VBScript routines that run in the Windows Script Host? I'd like to step through the code of each of these scripts ...
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How to write a script to automate Putty (PLINK) on Windows 10
I am doing a manual process that is done each day within Putty and wanted to automate it. There is no need for a person to do this because all of the keyboard inputs do not change each day. I'm trying ...
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VBScript and batch file fails when run by Task Scheduler
I have a VBScript that checks to see if MS Word is running hidden, makes it visible, then hides it again.
here is the script code that works fine when I double click the file in Explorer:
dim oWord
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WSH/Javascript: how to access collection items [duplicate]
I am writing a JavaScript that shall be executed in Windows Scripting Host on the command line with cscript.exe. I need JSON parsing, so I decided on JavaScript instead of VBScript.
Now I am trying to ...
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Is there a way to run a popup window while a script runs?
I am creating a gui, and want a popup to let you know it's busy, but then close when it's completed that specific task. The only thing i can find is the following...
$popup = New-Object -ComObject ...
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VBScript, how to put a dictionay inside another dictionary using .Item setter? [duplicate]
A.S. this is NOT dup: How can I use a dictionary inside a class in vbscript?
i do NOT want to make new classes
i also do not want to make ad hoc wrappers (would i - i would just use array(1) instead ...
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How to list all environment variables in JScript [duplicate]
My prog.js looks like this:
var WshShell = WSH.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var env = WshShell.Environment("PROCESS");
WSH.Echo(env.Length); // 46
WSH.Echo(env("OS")); ...
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VBScript getting results from Shell
Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell")
wshshell.run "runas ..."
How do I get the results and display in a MsgBox
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Unable to deploy WSF/PHP WebService on WSO2 ESB
few days ago I started to work on my own WebServices. I decided to use WSO2 WSF/PHP framework and according to http://wso2.org/project/wsf/php/2.0.0/docs/manual.html created my first helloService. ...
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How can I use JScript to create a shortcut that uses "Run as Administrator"
I have a JScript script that runs using cscript.exe. It creates a shortcut on the desktop (and in the start menu) that runs cscript.exe with parameters to run another JScript script. It looks, in ...
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Unable to redirect output from VBA with cmd in hidden mode
Am trying to redirect output from cmd to a text file using Wscript.shell script. It works when cmd window is in active mode. But doesn't work with cmd windows style is 0 (hidden mode).
Dim objShell : ...
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Get the Windows Download folder's path
I have some Excel VBA code that requires knowing the Downloads folder path. How could I do it?
Since you can move around the Downloads folder (and also Documents and most of those folders, via the ...
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How to access JSON object returned from createObject("htmlfile") in VBS file
I have the following json:
{
"columns":[
"b_summary",
"end_fy",
"id",
"isin",
"market",
"name&...
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