Microsoft® Windows® Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Windows (Computer file).

Client/server computing--Management.

Operating systems (Computers).

Local Subjects:

Client/server computing--Management.

Microsoft Windows (Computer file).

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol : Microsoft Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Automate everyday administrative tasks-and take greater control of your Windows networks-with this hands-on guide to scripting. Your instructor, a Microsoft Certified Trainer with more than a decade of enterprise consulting experience, expertly builds your scripting expertise with labs and lessons you complete at your own pace. From writing your first scripts from scratch with Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) and Windows Script Host (WSH)-to exploring the programmatic advantages of using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Active Directory Service Interface

Contents:

Microsoft® Windows® Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide; About This Book; Is This Book for Me?; Outline of This Book; Part 2: Basic Windows Administration; Part 3: Advanced Windows Administration; Part 4: Scripting Other Applications; Part 5: Appendices; About the Companion CD; System Requirements; 1. Covering the Basics; Running Your First Script; On Error Resume Next; Dim; Reference Information; Worker Information; Output Information; Enhancing Your Script; Modifying an Existing Script; Modifying the Reference Information; Modifying the Worker Information; Modifying the Output information

SummaryQuiz Yourself; On Your Own: Lab 1 Exploring a VBScript; Lab 2 Customizing an Existing Script; Lab Instructions; 2. Getting in the Loop; Adding Power to Scripts; For Each...Next; Constants vs. Variables; Shared Benefits of Constants and Variables; Collections; Reference Information; Worker Information; For...Next; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; Do While...Loop; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; Do Until...Loop; Summary; Quiz Yourself; On Your Own: Lab 3 Using the For Each...Next Command; Lab 4 Modifying the Ping Script; 3. Adding Intelligence

If...ThenReference Information; Worker and Output Information; Intrinsic Constants; If...Then...ElseIf; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; If...Then...Else; Select Case; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; Summary; Quiz Yourself; On Your Own: Lab 5 Modifying CPUType.vbs; Lab 6 Modifying ComputerRoles.vbs; Part B; 4. The Power of Many; Passing Arguments; Command-Line Arguments; Running from the Command Prompt; No Arguments?; Creating a Useful Error Message; Using Multiple Arguments; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; Tell Me Your Name

Making the Change to Named ArgumentsRunning a Script with Named Arguments; Working with Arrays; Moving Past Lame Arrays; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; What Does UBound Mean?; Two-Dimensional Arrays; Header Information; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; Assigning Values to Each Element; Summary; Quiz Yourself; On Your Own: Lab 7 Working with Passing Arguments; Lab 8 Building Arrays; Lab 9 Modifying a Script; 5. The Power of Many More; Strings and Arrays; Parsing Passed Text into an Array; Reference Information; Worker Information; Output Information

Parsing Passed TextReference Information; Worker Information; Output Information; Working with Dictionaries; Adding Items to the Dictionary; Summary; Quiz Yourself; Own Your Own: Lab 10a Implementing Basics for the InStr Command; Lab 10b Understanding Advanced Features of the InStr Command; Lab 11 Creating a Dictionary; 2. Basic Windows Administration; Creating File System Object; File It Under Files; Reference Information; Worker and Output Information; File Properties; File Attributes; Setting File Attributes; A File, a File, I Need to Create a File; Writing to a Text File

Overwriting a File

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780735636705

0735636702

OCLC:

609857229