I'm trying to create a script to check if a program (In this case, the calculator) is running or not.
I also don't quite understand why set oExec = script.Exec("calc") would run the program. Thanks in advance :)
set script = wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
set oExec = script.Exec("calc")
Do While oExec.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
if oExec.Status = 1 Then
MsgBox("Calculator is open")
WScript.Quit()
End if
Solved my own problem! From this: How to run loop check vbs for particular running process? Or missing process?
Set service = GetObject ("winmgmts:")
For Each Process In Service.InstancesOf("Win32_Process")
If Process.Name = "Calculator.exe" Then
WScript.Echo "Calc is running"
WScript.Quit
End If
Next
Here is what I am trying to do:
Get a VBScript to run another VBScript.
get the second VBScript to post an error on completion, either 0 if successful or >0 if not back to the original script and then work on conditions Based on the error code returned.
Uninstall 2010 & copy office 2013
'Copy files from a network share to machine
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
WScript.Echo "Starting to uninstall Microsoft Office 2010 from the machine"
FSO.CopyFile "\\data01\Tools\WSM\Copy_2013.vbs", "C:\temp\Copy_2013.vbs"
FSO.CopyFile "\\data01\Tools\WSM\OffScrub10.vbs", "C:\Temp\OffScrub10.vbs"
FSO.CopyFile "\\data01\Tools\WSM\DeleteOffice13Package.vbs", "C:\temp\DeleteOffice13Package.vbs"
'Wait to execute rest of script where copied filed need to be in location
WScript.Sleep 5000
'Executes Office 2013 copy at the same time, do not wait to continue uninstalling office 2010
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Call objShell.Run("C:\temp\Copy_2013.vbs", 0, False)
WScript.Sleep 3000
'Run VBScript that uninstalls office 2010 (currently set to copy a non existent path for error capture test)
strRemoveOffice10 = "c:\Temp\offscrub10.vbs ALL /Quiet /NoCancel"
Call objShell.Run(strRemoveOffice10, 0, True)
WScript.Echo Err.Number
If Err.Number <> 0 Then WScript.Echo " Microsoft Office 2010 could not be uninstalled. Please uninstall again manually."
If Err.Number = 0 Then WScript.Echo "Microsoft Office 2010 has uninstalled from the machine"
Set objFileSys = Nothing
WScript.Quit
OffScrub10.vbs
Dim objFileSys
Set objFileSys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFileSys.GetFolder("C:\Temp\Temp1\bla").Copy "C:\WSM\Test"
On Error Resume Next
If Err.Number <> 0 WScript.Quit Err
To enable error handling you need to put On Error Resume Next before the statement that may cause an error. Then you can return a status code like this:
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
On Error Resume Next
fso.GetFolder("C:\Temp\Temp1\bla").Copy "C:\WSM\Test"
WScript.Quit Err.Number
However, since you said you want a return value >0 in case of an error and Err.Number is an unsigned integer that might be interpreted as a positive or negative value depending on its actual value, something like this might be a better choice:
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
On Error Resume Next
fso.GetFolder("C:\Temp\Temp1\bla").Copy "C:\WSM\Test"
If Err Then WScript.Quit 1
WScript.Quit 0 'can be omitted, because it's the default
To check the returned value in the calling script you need to capture it in a variable. When using the Call statement like you do in your first script the return value is simply discarded. VBScript does not put return values of external commands in the Err object. You may also want to make sure that your script is being run with cscript.exe to avoid messages/popups blocking execution.
strRemoveOffice10 = "cscript.exe c:\Temp\offscrub10.vbs ALL /Quiet /NoCancel"
rc = objShell.Run(strRemoveOffice10, 0, True)
If rc = 0 Then
'OK
Else
'an error occurred
End If
Yes, you can return an exit code from your second script to the first as follows...
WScript.Quit(-1)
Where -1 is your exit code of choice.
Option Explicit
If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
' If we don't have any arguments, call ourselves to retrieve
' the exit code. It will be returned by the call to the
' Run method
Dim returnCode
returnCode = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run ( _
Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " myArgument " _
, 0 _
, True _
)
' Note ^ the "True"
' We need to wait for the "subprocess" to end to retrieve the exit code
Call WScript.Echo(CStr( returnCode ))
Else
' We have arguments, leave current process with exit code
Call WScript.Quit( 1234 )
End If
Quick sample for testing.
There are two elements to consider:
The called subprocess uses the WScript.Quit method to return the process exit code to the caller
The caller must wait for the subprocess to end to retrieve the exit code. The Run method will return the exit code of the subprocess
I want to run following script as scheduled task on Windows 7 in background. Now, script displays cmd window and, can I run script without visible cmd window?
Option Explicit
Dim WshShell, oExec
Dim RegexParse
Dim hasError : hasError = 0
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set RegexParse = New RegExp
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("%comspec% /c echo list volume | diskpart.exe")
RegexParse.Pattern = "\s\s(Volume\s\d)\s+([A-Z])\s+(.*)\s\s(NTFS|FAT)\s+(Mirror|RAID-5)\s+(\d+)\s+(..)\s\s([A-Za-z]*\s?[A-Za-z]*)(\s\s)*.*"
While Not oExec.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
Dim regexMatches
Dim Volume, Drive, Description, Redundancy, RaidStatus
Dim CurrentLine : CurrentLine = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine
Set regexMatches = RegexParse.Execute(CurrentLine)
If (regexMatches.Count > 0) Then
Dim match
Set match = regexMatches(0)
If match.SubMatches.Count >= 8 Then
Volume = match.SubMatches(0)
Drive = match.SubMatches(1)
Description = Trim(match.SubMatches(2))
Redundancy = match.SubMatches(4)
RaidStatus = Trim(match.SubMatches(7))
End If
If RaidStatus <> "Healthy" Then
hasError = 1
'WScript.StdOut.Write "WARNING "
MsgBox "Status of " & Redundancy & " " & Drive & ": (" & Description & ") is """ & RaidStatus & """", 16, "RAID error"
End If
End If
Wend
WScript.Quit(hasError)
Thanks a lot
Option 1 - If the task is running under your user credentials (if not, msgbox will not be visible)
There are two possible sources for the cmd window.
a) The script itself. If the task is executing cscript, the console window will be visible, avoid it calling wscript instead
b) The Shell.exec call. The only way to hide this window is to start the calling script hidden. On start of your script test for the presence of certain argument. If not present, make the script call itself with the argument, using Run method of the WshShell object, and indicating to run the script with hidden window. Second instance of the script will start with the special parameter, so it will run, but this time windows will be hidden.
Option 2 - Running the task under system credentials.
In this case, no window will be visible. All will be running in a separate session. BUT msgbox will not be seen. Change MsgBox call with a call to msg.exe and send a message to current console user.
I have the following VBScript:
SET Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
SET QR = Wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor")
MsgBox("" & QR.Count)
Which works perfectly fine. However, when I query something which doesn't exist:
SET Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
SET QR = Wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_DoesNotExist")
MsgBox("" & QR.Count)
I get the following error message:
Script: E:\test.vbs
Line: 3
Char: 1
Error: Invalid class
Code: 80041010
Source: SWbemObjectSet
How can I know whether the QR object is valid?
If I call TypeName(QR), it will say SWbemObjectSet, but as soon as I try to query one of its properties, it fails with the above message.
I've googled for this error, and most pages seem to say something to the effect of "just don't do that query". This is not an option, unfortunately, because I want to run the same script on multiple versions of Windows, and Microsoft occasionally deprecates WMI classes in new versions of Windows. I want my script to handle that gracefully.
Edit;
.Count seems to work for a schema query;
dim testNs: testNs = "Win32_DoesNotExist"
dim colClasses: set colClasses = Wmi.ExecQuery("Select * From Meta_Class where __Class = """ & testNs & """")
msgbox colClasses.count
You could wrap-n-trap the access error;
SET QR = Wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_DoesNotExist")
dim i: i = getCount(QR)
if (i < 0) then
msgbox "oopsy"
else
msgbox "count is " & i
end if
function getCount(wmiCol)
on error resume next
getCount = QR.Count
if (err.number <> 0) then getCount = (-1)
on error goto 0
end function
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