VBScript newbie

esuhl

A long time ago I wrote scripts in Visual Basic 6.0 and VBA, but I've never used VBScript. So (although I'm a bit rusty) I get the basics of programming/scripting.

I'm thinking of having a play with VBScript. In particular, I want to write a simple script that displays information that is periodically updated without any user input. It'll just be running on a local PC as a VBS file.

I've read that VBScripts can run via either CScript (for console output) or WScript/WSH (for Windows output). Would I be right in thinking that the only way to have a continuously updating display would be to scroll messages in a console window?

Would I need to use different commands with CScript vs WScript...?

Are there any good tutorials I could have a look at to get myself up to speed?

Cheers!

AndyPix

Basically, if you want your script to have a console window, you need to use cscript as opposed to wscript.


If you use wscript you wont have access to the STDOUT etc commands that output to the console..


So i guess Wscript wouldnt be much use for your intended use.
Why not use javascript if you want visual stuff ??


For your editor i would recommend notepad++ as it highlights commands etc in your code and for tutorials there are many on the web such as http://www.tutorialspoint.com/vbscript/


Hope this helps a bit
Andy

esuhl

Thanks -- that does help. :-)

If anyone else is reading this and wants to look at VBScript, I also found this page which has some good info and links (after the initial waffle): https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd940112.aspx