Microsoft® Windows® Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide

Chapter 3. Adding Intelligence

Much of the daily work of the intrepid network administrator involves making decisions. It’s true that upgrades to network operating systems can’t be automated, but many tasks, such as reading the event log and responding to critical events, can be scripted. In this chapter, you build on the skills you learned in Chapter 1, and Chapter 2, and combine them with three powerful tools: If...Then, If...Then...ElseIf, and Select Case.

Before You Begin

To successfully complete this chapter, you need to be familiar with the following concepts, which were presented in Chapter 1 and Chapter 2:

• Declaring variables

• Basic error handling

• Connecting to the file system object

• Using For Each...Next

• Using Do While

After completing this chapter ...