I'm trying to write a VBScript that will check whether a file exists in a folder or not based on a partial number. If anything in the folder has this number in the string it can continue, if not an error needs to display saying it's not in the system. I've gotten a code that lets me know that the file DOES exist, but I can't get a NOT version to work. Any ideas?
Dim FSO, str1, fileName
str1 = "001234"
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = FSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\GDoe\Desktop\FolderA\")
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
fileName = objFile.Name
If InStr(fileName, str1) Then
MsgBox("Proceed")
Exit For
End If
Next
Unfortunately the FileSystemObject's FileExists method does not support wildcards, so the straightforward approach is not possible here.
The code you posted in your question is basically how one would check for the existence of a file with a partial name with VBScript and the FileSystemObject. You can modify that code into a check for the absence of a file with some minor changes. Define a variable before the loop and set it to False, then instead of displaying a message box set that vriable to True when you find a matching file:
fileFound = False
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
fileName = objFile.Name
If InStr(fileName, str1) Then
fileFound = True
Exit For
End If
Next
If fileFound Then
MsgBox("Proceed")
Else
MsgBox("File doesn't exist.")
End If
Alternatively, you could shell out and check the exit code of the dir command:
Function FileExists(path, namepart)
Set sh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
rc = sh.Run("cmd /c dir ""*" & path & "\" & namepart & "*""", 0, True)
FileExists = Not CBool(rc)
End Function
dir returns 0 if it finds matching file(s) and 1 if it doesn't. CBool() converts the integer return code into a boolean value (0 → False, 1 → True). The negation then corrects the logic from "false if found" to "true if found".
Of course you could also name the function FileMissing and remove the negation, so that the function returns True if no matching file is found. That's just a matter of what logic works best in your code.
Note that you need to run the command with cmd /c, because dir is a cmd.exe builtin command, not an executable.
I actually just found a way to answer my own question but if there's a better way I'd also love to know.
Dim FSO, str1, fileName
str1 = "-001239"
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = FSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\GDoe\Desktop\FolderA\")
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
fileName=objFile.Name
If InStr(fileName, str1) Then
MsgBox("Proceed")
Exit For
End If
Next
If InStr(fileName, str1) = 0 Then
MsgBox("File doesn't Exist")
End If
I took the rule that if string2 is not found in an InStr command it returns 0. Setting the result = 0 shows if I don't have the file.
`Ok, I was asked to be more specific in my question. I have an undetermined number of files in my folder, for example:
NV_A1_mainx.dxf
NV_A1_resx.dxf
NV_B1_mainx.dxf
NV_B1_motx.dxf
NV_B1_motlx.dxf
The folder is Looped processing each file based on the InStr "mainx”, “motx”, or “resx”. On “motx” type files I want the script to search and see if there additional matching type file “motlx”. If there is it will process one way. If not it will process a second way. The filenames will be different however the filename convention will always have two underscores “_” followed by the InStr characters I search on.
Using the files above as an example, I wish to write a statement so that when NV_A1_motx.dxf is about to be processed it will check to see if there is a matching NV_B1_motlx.dxf in the folder.
The problem is the last line of my script. How do I write that statement correctly for "motx" to see if there is also a "motlx" file present in the folder?
Thx... hope that clarifies better my intentions.
Set App = CreateObject("Illustrator.Application")
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set SourceFolder = FSO.GetFolder("S:\SOCAL\Section_13\Road DXFs")
Set DXFfile = SourceFolder.Files
Set DXFfolder = FSO.GetFolder(SourceFolder)
Dim FileRef
For Each FileRef In SourceFolder.Files
If Instr(FileRef,"motx") > 0 then
Call Motx(FileRef)
ElseIf Instr(FileRef,"mainx") > 0 then
Call Mainx(FileRef)
ElseIf Instr(FileRef,"resx") > 0 then
Call Resx(FileRef)
Else
Msgbox "File is not being found or some issue with script."
End If
Next
Sub Motx(FileRef)
If ((App.Documents.Count > 0) And (FileExists("S:\SOCAL\Section_13\Road DXFs\SOCAL_B2_motlx.dxf"))) Then
Else
Thank you for your input Jose. I was getting errors plugging the code in so what I did was just strip the code to the basics to see if your code would find the matching files. What I did was in the folder have just two files:
NV_B2_motlx.dvx and
NV_B2_motx.dvx
Testing with your script as so:
Set App = CreateObject("Illustrator.Application")
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set SourceFolder = FSO.GetFolder("S:\SOCAL\Section_13\Road DXFs")
Set DXFfile = SourceFolder.Files
Set DXFfolder = FSO.GetFolder(SourceFolder)
For Each FileRef In SourceFolder.Files
' default property of `FileRef` object is `Path`
If Instr( FileRef.Name, "motx", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
I f fso.FileExists( fso.BuildPath( fso.GetParentFolderName( objFile.Path), _
Replace( FileRef.Name, "motx", "motlx", 1, -1, vbTextCompare))) Then
'motlx' exists
MsgBox "We have a match!"
Else
'motlx' does not exist
MsgBox "Sorry, no match"
End If
End If
Next
Running this I got the following error message: Type mismatch:'[string:"NV_B2_motlx.dxf"]' Code 800A000D Line 9 Char 5.
Maybe this code stub could help:
Dim FileRef
For Each FileRef In SourceFolder.Files
' default proprty of `FileRef` object is `Path`
If Instr( FileRef.Name, "motx", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
If fso.FileExists( fso.BuildPath( fso.GetParentFolderName( objFile.Path), _
Replace( FileRef.Name, "motx", "motlx", 1, -1, vbTextCompare))) Then
'motlx' exists
Else
'motlx' does not exist
End If
Reference:
Functions (VBScript): InStr, Replace
FileSystemObject Properties: .Name, .Path
FileSystemObject Methods: .BuildPath, .GetParentFolderName
I try to make a script in VBScript for PowerAMC.
And I've got an error.
I checked all elements to make a file with the content (XSD file):
private Sub writeInFile(pathFolder, pathFile, val)
Output "WriteInFile["&pathFolder&pathFile&"]"
Dim fso, MyFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set MyFile = fso.CreateTextFile(pathFolder&pathFile, true)
If (fso.FileExists(pathFolder&pathFile)) Then
MyFile.WriteLine(val)
Else
ouput "File can't be create"
End If
MyFile.Close
end Sub
And the file exists with good content, but if I try to read it with:
public Function readFile(path)
'Declare variables
Dim objFSO, objReadFile, contents
'Set Objects
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objReadFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(path, 1, false)
'Read file contents
contents = objReadFile.ReadAll
'Close file
objReadFile.close
'Cleanup objects
Set objFSO = Nothing
Set objReadFile = Nothing
readFile = contents
End Function
I get that : "ÿþ<" for only content, but if I try to read a file that is not created by the previous function, it runs perfectly.
I think the problem comes from Unicode format,
take a look at this => FileSystemObject - Reading Unicode Files
I am writing a VB Script to update some files on the network. Before beginning, I want to know if any of the files are locked. I'd like to do this before I actually do any updates.
I am aware that I can handle the error if the file is locked when I try to replace it, but I really want to know if any files are locked before I start updating any files.
Is there any way to see that a file is locked using VBS (apart from trying to replace it)?
This function determines whether a file of interest can be accessed in 'write' mode. This is not exactly the same as determining whether a file is locked by a process. Still, you may find that it works for your situation. (At least until something better comes along.)
This function will indicate that 'write' access is not possible when a file is locked by another process. However, it cannot distinguish that condition from other conditions that prevent 'write' access. For instance, 'write' access is also not possible if a file has its read-only bit set or possesses restrictive NTFS permissions. All of these conditions will result in 'permission denied' when a 'write' access attempt is made.
Also note that if a file is locked by another process, the answer returned by this function is reliable only at the moment the function is executed. So, concurrency problems are possible.
An exception is thrown if any of these conditions are found: 'file not found', 'path not found', or 'illegal file name' ('bad file name or number').
Function IsWriteAccessible(sFilePath)
' Strategy: Attempt to open the specified file in 'append' mode.
' Does not appear to change the 'modified' date on the file.
' Works with binary files as well as text files.
' Only 'ForAppending' is needed here. Define these constants
' outside of this function if you need them elsewhere in
' your source file.
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
IsWriteAccessible = False
Dim oFso : Set oFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
On Error Resume Next
Dim nErr : nErr = 0
Dim sDesc : sDesc = ""
Dim oFile : Set oFile = oFso.OpenTextFile(sFilePath, ForAppending)
If Err.Number = 0 Then
oFile.Close
If Err Then
nErr = Err.Number
sDesc = Err.Description
Else
IsWriteAccessible = True
End if
Else
Select Case Err.Number
Case 70
' Permission denied because:
' - file is open by another process
' - read-only bit is set on file, *or*
' - NTFS Access Control List settings (ACLs) on file
' prevents access
Case Else
' 52 - Bad file name or number
' 53 - File not found
' 76 - Path not found
nErr = Err.Number
sDesc = Err.Description
End Select
End If
' The following two statements are superfluous. The VB6 garbage
' collector will free 'oFile' and 'oFso' when this function completes
' and they go out of scope. See Eric Lippert's article for more:
' http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2004/04/28/when-are-you-required-to-set-objects-to-nothing.aspx
'Set oFile = Nothing
'Set oFso = Nothing
On Error GoTo 0
If nErr Then
Err.Raise nErr, , sDesc
End If
End Function
The script below tries to write to a file for 30 seconds and gives up after that. I needed this when all our users had to click on a script. Chances are that multiple users try to write at the same time. OpenCSV() tries to open the file 30 times with a delay of 1 second in between.
Const ForAppending = 8
currentDate = Year(Now) & "-" & Month(Now) & "-" & Day(Now) & " " & Hour(Now) & ":" & Minute(Now) & ":" & Second(Now)
filepath = "\\network\path\file.csv"
Set oCSV = OpenCSV( filepath )
oCSV.WriteLine( currentDate )
oCSV.Close
Function OpenCSV( path )
Set oFS = CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )
For i = 0 To 30
On Error Resume Next
Set oFile = oFS.OpenTextFile( path, ForAppending, True )
If Not Err.Number = 70 Then
Set OpenCSV = oFile
Exit For
End If
On Error Goto 0
Wscript.Sleep 1000
Next
Set oFS = Nothing
Set oFile = Nothing
If Err.Number = 70 Then
MsgBox "File " & filepath & " is locked and timeout was exceeded.", vbCritical
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function
Or, more simply:
Assuming you already have a variable in your VBS named FileName, which contains the full filepath you want to test:
Dim oFso, oFile
Set oFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oFile = oFso.OpenTextFile(FileName, 8, True)
If Err.Number = 0 Then oFile.Close
Line 3 tries to open the file you want to test with append permissions enabled. e.g. it attempts to open the file with a write lock.
If opening the file with a write lock generates an error, then your VBS will error on the third line and not continue. At that point your error handling from wherever you called the VBS should kick in. The error message will be "Permission Denied" if you couldn't get a write lock.
If opening the file with a lock doesn't result in an error, then line 4 closes it again. You can now open the file or do whatever you want with it, confident that it doesn't have a write lock on it.
I am looking for a method to place some text onto the clipboard with VBScript. The VBScript in question will be deployed as part of our login script. I would like to avoid using anything that isn't available on a clean Windows XP system.
Edit:
In answer to the questions about what this is for.
We wanted to encourage users inside our organization to use the file server to transfer documents instead of constantly sending attachments by email. One of the biggest barriers to this is that it isn't always obvious to people what the correct network path is to a file/folder. We developed a quick script, and attached it to the Windows context menu so that a user can right click on any file/folder, and get a URL that they can email to someone within our organization.
I want the URL displayed in the dialog box to also be placed onto the clipboard.
GetNetworkPath
Another solution I have found that isn't perfect in my opinion, but doesn't have the annoying security warnings is to use clip.exe from a w2k3 server.
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "cmd.exe /c echo hello world | clip", 0, TRUE
Example with a multiline string as per question below :
Link1
Dim string
String = "text here" &chr(13)& "more text here"
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "cmd.exe /c echo " & String & " | clip", 0, TRUE
Using Microsoft's clip.exe is the closest to having a clean Windows XP system solution. However you don't have to call CMD.EXE to host it in order to use it. You can call it directly and write to its input stream in your script code. Once you close the input stream clip.exe will write the contents straight to the clipboard.
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("clip")
Set oIn = oExec.stdIn
oIn.WriteLine "Something One"
oIn.WriteLine "Something Two"
oIn.WriteLine "Something Three"
oIn.Close
If you need to wait for clip to be finished before your script can continue processing then add
' loop until we're finished working.
Do While oExec.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
And don't forget to release your objects
Set oIn = Nothing
Set oExec = Nothing
The closest solution I have found so far is a method to use IE to get and set stuff on the clipboard. The problem with this solution is the user gets security warnings. I am tempted to move 'about:blank' to the local computer security zone so I don't get the warnings, but I am not sure what the security implications of that would be.
Set objIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
objIE.Navigate("about:blank")
objIE.document.parentwindow.clipboardData.SetData "text", "Hello This Is A Test"
objIE.Quit
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/dec04/hey1215.mspx
No security warnings, full let and get access:
'create a clipboard thing
Dim ClipBoard
Set Clipboard = New cClipBoard
ClipBoard.Clear
ClipBoard.Data = "Test"
Class cClipBoard
Private objHTML
Private Sub Class_Initialize
Set objHTML = CreateObject("htmlfile")
End Sub
Public Sub Clear()
objHTML.ParentWindow.ClipboardData.ClearData()
End Sub
Public Property Let Data(Value)
objHTML.ParentWindow.ClipboardData.SetData "Text" , Value
End Property
Public Property Get Data()
Data = objHTML.ParentWindow.ClipboardData.GetData("Text")
End Property
Private Sub Class_Terminate
Set objHTML = Nothing
End Sub
End Class
Example Usage.
' Create scripting object
Dim WShell, lRunUninstall
Set WShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WShell.sendkeys "^c"
WScript.Sleep 250
bWindowFound = WShell.AppActivate("Microsoft Excel")
WShell.sendkeys ClipBoard.Data
To avoid the security warnings associated with Internet Explorer and clipboard access, I would recommend you use the Word application object and its methods to put your data onto the clipboard. Of course you can only use this on a machine that has MS Word installed, but these days that's most of them. (*In spite of the fact that you asked for stuff on a 'clean' system :) *)
' Set what you want to put in the clipboard '
strMessage = "Imagine that, it works!"
' Declare an object for the word application '
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
' Using the object '
With objWord
.Visible = False ' Don't show word '
.Documents.Add ' Create a document '
.Selection.TypeText strMessage ' Put text into it '
.Selection.WholeStory ' Select everything in the doc '
.Selection.Copy ' Copy contents to clipboard '
.Quit False ' Close Word, don't save '
End With
You can find detail on the MS Word application object and its methods here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa221371(office.11).aspx
Microsoft doesn't give a way for VBScript to directly access the clipboard. If you do a search for 'clipboard'on this site you'll see:
Although Visual Basic for Applications supports the Screen, Printer, App, Debug, Err, and Clipboard objects, VBScript supports only the Err object. Therefore, VBScript does not allow you to access such useful objects as the mouse pointer or the clipboard. You can, however, use the Err object to provide runtime error handling for your applications.
So using notepad indirectly is probably about the best you'll be able to do with just VBScript.
Here's another version of using the "clip" command, which avoids adding a carriage return, line feed to the end of the string:
strA= "some character string"
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "cmd /C echo . | set /p x=" & strA & "| c:\clip.exe", 2
s = "String: """ & strA & """ is on the clipboard."
Wscript.Echo s
I've only tested this in XP. clip.exe was downloaded from Link and placed in C:\.
I've found a way to copy multi line information to clipboard by vbscript/cmd.
Sequence:
with VBS generate the final "formatted string" that you need copy to clipboard
generate a (txt) file with the "formatted string"
use type command from cmd to paste information to clip by pipe
Example script:
Function CopyToClipboard( sInputString )
Dim oShell: Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim sTempFolder: sTempFolder = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%TEMP%")
Dim sFullFilePath: sFullFilePath = sTempFolder & "\" & "temp_file.txt"
Const iForWriting = 2, bCreateFile = True
Dim oFSO: Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
With oFSO.OpenTextFile(sFullFilePath, iForWriting, bCreateFile)
.Write sInputString
.Close
End With
Const iHideWindow = 0, bWaitOnReturnTrue = True
Dim sCommand: sCommand = "CMD /C TYPE " & sFullFilePath & "|CLIP"
oShell.Run sCommand, iHideWindow, bWaitOnReturnTrue
Set oShell = Nothing
Set oFSO = Nothing
End Function
Sub Main
Call CopyToClipboard( "Text1" & vbNewLine & "Text2" )
End Sub
Call Main
The easiest way is to use built-in mshta.exe functionality:
sText = "Text Content"
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run "mshta.exe ""javascript:clipboardData.setData('text','" & Replace(Replace(sText, "\", "\\"), "'", "\'") & "');close();""", 0, True
To put to clipboard a string containing double quote char ", use the below code:
sText = "Text Content and double quote "" char"
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run "mshta.exe ""javascript:clipboardData.setData('text','" & Replace(Replace(Replace(sText, "\", "\\"), """", """"""), "'", "\'") & "'.replace('""""',String.fromCharCode(34)));close();""", 0, True
Take a look at this post. It describes a hacky approach to read from the clipboard, but I imagine it could be adapted to also write to the clipboard as well, such as changing the Ctrl+V to Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C.
I devised another way to use IE and yet avoid security warnings...
By the way.. this function is in JavaScript.. but u can easily convert it to VBScript..
function CopyText(sTxt) {
var oIe = WScript.CreateObject('InternetExplorer.Application');
oIe.silent = true;
oIe.Navigate('about:blank');
while(oIe.ReadyState!=4) WScript.Sleep(20);
while(oIe.document.readyState!='complete') WSript.Sleep(20);
oIe.document.body.innerHTML = "<textarea id=txtArea wrap=off></textarea>";
var oTb = oIe.document.getElementById('txtArea');
oTb.value = sTxt;
oTb.select();
oTb = null;
oIe.ExecWB(12,0);
oIe.Quit();
oIe = null;
}
Here is Srikanth's method translated into vbs
function SetClipBoard(sTxt)
Set oIe = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
oIe.silent = true
oIe.Navigate("about:blank")
do while oIe.ReadyState <> 4
WScript.Sleep 20
loop
do while oIe.document.readyState <> "complete"
WScript.Sleep 20
loop
oIe.document.body.innerHTML = "<textarea id=txtArea wrap=off></textarea>"
set oTb = oIe.document.getElementById("txtArea")
oTb.value = sTxt
oTb.select
set oTb = nothing
oIe.ExecWB 12,0
oIe.Quit
Set oIe = nothing
End function
function GetClipBoard()
set oIe = WScript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
oIe.silent = true
oIe.Navigate("about:blank")
do while oIe.ReadyState <> 4
WScript.Sleep 20
loop
do while oIe.document.readyState <> "complete"
WScript.Sleep 20
loop
oIe.document.body.innerHTML = "<textarea id=txtArea wrap=off></textarea>"
set oTb = oIe.document.getElementById("txtArea")
oTb.focus
oIe.ExecWB 13,0
GetClipBoard = oTb.value
oTb.select
set oTb = nothing
oIe.Quit
Set oIe = nothing
End function
In your Class ClipBoard, neither the Clear sub nor the Let Data sub work. I mean they have no effect on Windows Clipboard. Actually, and ironically so, the only sub that works is the one you have not included in your example, that is Get Data! (I have tested this code quite a few times.)
However, it's not your fault. I have tried to copy data to clipboard with ClipboardData.SetData and it's impossible. At least not by creating an "htmlfile" object. Maybe it works by creating an instance of "InternetExplorer.Application" as I have seen in a few cases, but I have not tried it. I hate creating application instances for such simple tasks!
Alkis
If it's just text can't you simply create a text file and read in the contents when you need it?
Another alternative and clearly a kludge, would be to use the SendKeys() method.
No security warnings and no carriage return at the end of line
' value to put in Clipboard
mavaleur = "YEAH"
' current Dir
path = WScript.ScriptFullName
GetPath = Left(path, InStrRev(path, "\"))
' Put the value in a file
Set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
outFile=GetPath & "fichier.valeur"
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(outFile,True)
objFile.Write mavaleur
objFile.Close
' Put the file in the Clipboard
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "cmd.exe /c clip < " & outFile, 0, TRUE
' Erase the file
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFSO.DeleteFile outFile