Some VBScript commands

VBScript is a light version of Microsoft’s programming language Visual Basic. It can be used in ASP (Active Server Pages) between tags <% and %>, or run as a standalone script using a file ending with .vbs and interpreter wscript.exe.

Special variables

When launching a script:

• WScript.ScriptFullName contains the path of the script

• WScript.Arguments(0) contains the first argument of the invocation

Launch a process

Dim objShell, strCommand
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

' Show string concatenation and use Chr(), even though this is a trivial example
strCommand = "cmd /c" & Chr(32) & "echo Hello"

' Syntax: objShell.Run (strCommand, [intWindowStyle], [bWaitOnReturn])
objShell.Run strCommand, 0, true

Set objShell = Nothing