I'm trying to get hold of running instances of MS Access 2010+ (on Win10) but the usual tip; GetObject(, "Access.Application") ... for works only for hidden instances started by myself with script, but not any instances started from GUI by the user.
And yes, I've read perhaps ten or more google hits on the subject, both on WMI and GetObject, but I seem to have missed something important.
However, I've tried the code below and I can get hold of any process of running Access instances in this way, and I can even .terminate() them, but, that's not what I want to do. Instead I want to grab the process and assign it to a usable (correct type) Access variable (see "OutInstance" in the code below) :
[Edit: Using WHERE clause, and skipped Exit as to retrieve the last instance]
Public Function GetRunningInstance(sAppName sComputer, ByRef OutInstance)
Dim oWMIService
Dim wProcesses
Dim oPrc
GetRunningInstance = False
Set OutInstance = Nothing
if sComputer = "" then sComputer = "."
Set oWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=" & _
"impersonate}!\\" & sComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set wProcesses = oWMIService.ExecQuery ("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process " & _
"WHERE Name = '" & sAppName & "'")
For Each oPrc in wProcesses
''' oPrc.Terminate() ''' Works, I can shut down Access...
Set OutInstance = oPrc
GetRunningInstance = True
''' By not exiting we get the last instance.
Next
End Function
Now, after trying to get hold of an instance, how do I "cast" the process to a usable Access application variable in this VBScript?
Sub Test_DoStuff()
Dim InstProc
Dim AccessApp
If GetRunningInstance("msaccess.exe", "127.0.0.1", InstProc) Then
Set AccessApp = ''' cast 'InstProc' to my "Access.Application" somehow?
Else
Set AccessApp = CreateObject("Access.Application")
End If
'''
''' Doing my stuff
'''
AccessApp.CloseCurrentDatabase
AccessApp.DoCmd.Quit
End Sub
Test
I (also) don't understand why GetObject(, "Access.Application") doesn't work in all cases. Permissions? (I understand that it's 'unsafe' to close a database currently being used by a user, but also that can be dealt with).
// Rolf
I am trying to write a script to delete unneeded temporary files. I am wanting to specifically target .tmp's, though. At least for now. So I am trying to write a WQL query to return a collection with which I can use a FOR EACH statement to delete all of the .tmp's in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp. I've only recently started learning VBScript. But I have experience writing programs in C/C++ (mainly "math-y" programs).
Cscript seems to have no problem with the query itself. But when I try to use the Count method on the resulting collection, cscript returns an error: (17,1) Microsoft VBVScript runtime error: Object doesn't support this property or method: 'colTempFiles.Count'.
I've read up on WQL a little bit, thinking that maybe I'm not getting a collection returned for some reason. But I can't seem to find anything wrong with the query. I'm thinking that maybe I shouldn't be selecting from FileSystemObject. But I've read what I can find about it, and it seems to be the right thing to do (although there really isn't a lot of helpful info on MSDN).
Anyway, here's the script I currently have, without comments. The second line is something I am not currently using, but am going to try to use later, so that I can define a variable as the local computer's username and not have to point to the local Temp folder's path specifically. Any help would be greatly appreciated:
strComputer = "."
strUser="adam"
Set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colTempFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("SELECT * FROM FileSystemObject WHERE Name = '*.tmp' AND "_
& "NOT Name LIKE 'Prf%' AND Path LIKE 'C:\Users\adam\AppData\Local\Temp\%'")
colTempFiles.Count
For Each objFile in colTempFiles
Wscript.Echo objFile.Name
'Set objF=objFSO.GetFile("objFile.Path")
'objF.Delete(True)
Next
I think you're confusing two different technologies. A FileSystemObject is a COM class that needs to be instantiated using CreateObject() in VBScript. For WQL, you need to use a WMI class in your query. Here is a core list of WMI classes. For your purposes, you'll want to use the CIM_DataFile class to work with files.
You can use either technology. The FileSystemObject is the preferred method if you're working with the local file system. If you need to work with files on a remote machine, use WMI and WQL.
Here's an example using a FileSystemObject:
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\adam\AppData\Local\Temp")
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
If StrComp(objFSO.GetExtensionName(objFile.Path), "tmp", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
objFile.Delete ' This is the Delete() method of the FSO's "File" class
End If
Next
And here's an example using WQL:
strComputer = "."
' Connect to the WMI service on the specified computer...
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
' Build our WQL query...
strQuery = "select * from CIM_DataFile "
strQuery = strQuery & "where Drive='C:' "
strQuery = strQuery & "and Path='\\Users\\adam\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\' "
strQuery = strQuery & "and Name like '%.tmp'"
' Run the query...
Set colTempFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery(strQuery)
' Delete each file...
For Each objFile In colTempFiles
objFile.Delete ' This is the Delete() method of the WMI "CIM_DataFile" class
Next
I am a newbie to VBS scripting. I am getting above error on line 54, character 5 in script below. This error says "Object doesn't support this property or method: 'MimeMapArray'".
And line it is referring to is:
MimeMapArray(i) = CreateObject("MimeMap")
Can u tell me what I am doing wrong? Here is the script in its entirety. Note, I am trying to run this on an XP OS by double-clicking this VBS file.
' This script adds the necessary Windows Presentation Foundation MIME types
' to an IIS Server.
' To use this script, just double-click or execute it from a command line.
' Running this script multiple times results in multiple entries in the IIS MimeMap.
' Set the MIME types to be added
Dim MimeMapObj
Dim MimeMapArray
Dim WshShell
Dim oExec
Const ADS_PROPERTY_UPDATE = 2
Dim MimeTypesToAddArray
MimeTypesToAddArray = Array(".manifest", "application/manifest", ".xaml", _
"application/xaml+xml", ".application", "application/x-ms-application", _
".deploy", "application/octet-stream", ".xbap", "application/x-ms-xbap", _
".xps", "application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument")
' Get the mimemap object
Set MimeMapObj = GetObject("IIS://LocalHost/MimeMap")
' Call AddMimeType for every pair of extension/MIME type
For counter = 0 to UBound(MimeTypesToAddArray) Step 2
AddMimeType MimeTypesToAddArray(counter), MimeTypesToAddArray(counter+1)
Next
' Create a Shell object
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
' Stop and Start the IIS Service
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("net stop w3svc")
Do While oExec.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("net start w3svc")
Do While oExec.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
Set oExec = Nothing
' Report status to user
WScript.Echo "Windows Presentation Foundation MIME types have been registered."
' AddMimeType Sub
Sub AddMimeType(ByVal Ext, ByVal MType)
' Get the mappings from the MimeMap property.
MimeMapArray = MimeMapObj.GetEx("MimeMap")
' Add a new mapping.
i = UBound(MimeMapArray) + 1
ReDim Preserve MimeMapArray(i)
MimeMapArray(i) = CreateObject("MimeMap")
MimeMapArray(i).Extension = Ext
MimeMapArray(i).MimeType = MType
MimeMapObj.PutEx ADS_PROPERTY_UPDATE, "MimeMap", MimeMapArray
MimeMapObj.SetInfo()
End Sub
The first thing I can suggest is use cscript to execute. You can get more information that won't go away like with a message box.
Open a command prompt (go to start,
run, type CMD).
Go to the location where your script
is and type the following:
cscript scriptname.vbs
...where scriptname.vbs is the name of your script.
Second, you appear to be missing the "set" in front of your createobject line. Have a look here for reference.
That line should look like:
set MimeMapArray(i) = CreateObject("MimeMap")
I want to override the default CreateObject() function in VBScript with my own.
Basically this example in VB6:
http://www.darinhiggins.com/the-vb6-createobject-function/
I cannot figure out is this line:
Set CreateObject = VBA.CreateObject(Class$, ServerName$)
How do I refer to "VBA" in VBSript?
This quick test seems to work...
Function CreateObject(className, serverName)
'---- override the CreateObject
' function in order to register what
' object is being created in any error message
' that's generated
Dim source, descr, errNum
WScript.echo "In custom CreateObject"
If Len(serverName) > 0 Then
Set CreateObject = WScript.CreateObject(className, serverName)
Else
Set CreateObject = WScript.CreateObject(className)
End If
End Function
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject", "")
path = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".")
WScript.echo path
No guarantees! ;-)
I don't think you can override it so that all code will use it, only YOUR code.
In which case, it doesn't matter what it's called (unless you have tons of existing code you can't change). Can you call it CreateObjectEx() or ExCreateObject() or something like that? Have this function add all your error handling and such and then turn around and call the main/core CreateObject() method
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