Windows® Command-Line Administration: Instant Reference

Chapter 23

Using the Scripting Objects

In this chapter, you will learn to:

• Use the WScript Object
  • Use the WScript Properties
  • Use the WScript Methods
• Use the WScript.WshArguments Object
• Use the WScript.WshShell Object
• Use the WScript.WshNetwork Object
  • Use the WScript.WshNetwork Properties
  • Use the WScript.WshNetwork Methods
• Create a Basic Script
  • Script the Command Line and System Environment
  • Script the Registry
  • Create .LNK Files

If you had to try to create all of the supporting code used to write a script by hand, you’d be working quite hard and for a long time. Fortunately, someone has already written a considerable amount of code for you. This code appears within objects, which you can think of as boxes that hold code and data. ...