Windows^® Scripting Secrets^®

by Tobias Weltner

• ISBN13: 9780764546846
• ISBN10: 0764546848
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The most comprehensive book on the market, Windows Scripting Secrets uncovers the never-before-documented features and hidden system functions that make the new Windows Scripting Host a more powerful tool. The book includes more than 200 ready-to-use scripts, and the CD-ROM contains ready-to-use libraries and examples from the book, as well as numerous scripting tools.A few of the insights inside include Kick-starting WSH and VBScripts "Kidnapping" and creating COM objects Tweaking your Registry, and monitoring system status Powering up with Kodak Imaging Running a Windows network with ADSI scripts You can automate almost any system task or enhance your current functionality using the scripting solutions detailed here. From the CD-ROM, sample more than 450 scripts, or try looking for an answer in the fully searchable electronic version of the book.

Author Biography

About the Author Tobias Weltner is an IT professional who has written more than 20 computer books in his native Germany, including a recent guide to Windows Scripting Host. A frequent contributor to Germany's top PC magazines, he is currently a consultant to Microsoft on Windows 2000 deployment.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xix
PART I: Scripting Kickstart	1	(216)
Script Development with Ease	3	(28)
VBScript Guerilla Session	31	(54)
Kidnapping Objects	85	(32)
Developing Your Own Script Components	117	(38)
Using Internet Explorer as the Output Window	155	(30)
Using System Dialog Boxes	185	(32)
PART II: Conquering the File System	217	(104)
Accessing the File System	219	(30)
Advanced File System Tricks	249	(40)
Mastering Links	289	(32)
PART III: Starting and Controlling Other Software	321	(84)
Launching Any Program By Script	323	(32)
Controlling Running Software	355	(12)
Gaining Full Control Over Any Window	367	(26)
Starting Scripts Automatically	393	(12)
PART IV: Accessing the Operating System	405	(132)
Getting Access to the Registry	407	(16)
Registry Tweaks	423	(60)
Getting System Information	483	(26)
Working with Events	509	(20)
Developing Unix-like Commands	529	(8)
PART V: Accessing Hidden Components	537	(160)
Using the WebBrowser Control	539	(20)
Internet and Communications	559	(22)
Fax, Printer, Scanner, and Graphics	581	(26)
Fun, Tricks, and Multimedia	607	(38)
Using Databases	645	(24)
Managing Windows NT/2000 Server	669	(28)
Appendix A: When Bad Things Happen	697	(4)
Appendix B: About the CD-Rom	701	(6)
Index	707	(45)
End-User License Agreement	752	(4)
CD-Rom Installation Instructions	756