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 | I have a Chromecast that I use to stream video from my laptop to our TV. It works great, however, until VLC (Videolan) releases their promised upgrade with Chromecase support, I am limited to streaming files in the mp4 format. Fortunately, ffmpeg allows me to convert other formats to mp4. … |
| | I posted a question last week on Microsoft Technet and during the resulting discussion the following was posted: >VBScript will be gone in the next version of Windows. Almost all references to VBScript have disappeared from MS sites. In all the columns I've read about what's new and what's being … |
| | vbScript - Extending Application Functionality with vbScript and AutoIt Sometimes you'll find that one of your favourite applications is missing some useful functionality. For me, it was FastStone Image Viewer. I've had to scan a large number of family photos to convert everything to digital. Rather than scan one photo … |
| | vbScript - Create a Log File Using vbScript Classes Before I retired I was responsible for most of the corporate data plumbing at our control centre. All of the plumbing was written in vbScript. As any maintenance programmer knows, log files are a vital key in identifying and fixing problems. … |
| | ##vbScript - Run an External Program and Capture the Output Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. When you want to execute an external program for a particular result (such as resizing an image, as shown in a previous snippet) you can simply use … |
| | Over the last few days I have been converting old video files from avi to mp4. I've been doing this using the command line version of DivX. This is the process behing the DivXPro GUI and it is named `DivXEngine.exe`. Converting video files takes a big hit on the CPU … |
| | ##vbScript - An Application to Modify srt Subtitle Files Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. So far I've posted either functions/subs or code snippets to illustrate a technique. This time I am going to post a complete application. First, a few points. 1. … |
| | ##vbScript - Some Useful String Functions Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. vbScript provides a number of functions for manipulating strings. I find that a few more simple functions would have made things a lot simpler. For example, I find myself checking to …  |
| | ##vbScript - Identify File by Perceived Type Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. There are times when you want to operate on all files of a given type. For example, you may want to enumerate all files in a folder or a drive … |
| | ##vbScript - Get Drive Letter by Volume Label Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. I have all my computers partitioned with two partitions. The drive letters are C (OS and applications) and D (user data). I use Macrium Reflect to take monthly full … |
| | ##vbScript - Browse for Folder or File Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. Some scripts need input (other than from the command line) from the user. This can be read from the console (StdIn) or from a pop-up textbox (InputBox). This is fine … |
| | ##vbScript - Convert Integer to Binary String Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. vbScript has a number of functions for converting from one type to another. These functions are named C<type> as in CInt (convert to int), CDbl (convert to double), etc. There … |
| | ##vbScript - Sorting With and Without Code Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. Sorting is something that must be done from time to time. I'm going to examine three ways. The first is the well known (at least by name) QuickSort method. Rather … |
| | This is the first in (hopefully) a series of posts about vbScript. Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. My wife and I take a lot of pictures. Naturally, we end up sending pictures to friends through email. I find it is unnecessary, and … |
| | ##vbScript - the basics My plan is to post a series of hopefully useful and informative vbScript Functions and Subs. I started writing up my first code snippet and found that I was taking too many side trips to explain things about the vbScript syntax and language so I decided … |
| | This code generates an ascii maze of up to size 30x30. If you try to generate a larger maze then you will likely run out of stack space. There is no way to increase the size of the stack in vbscript. Each cell in the maze is represented by a … |
| | I've been using GenuTax since 2013 to file my Canadian tax return. It's provided free and does the job nicely, but it misses one feature. Up north we can do pension splitting. That means I can offload some of my pension income onto my spouse, hopefully putting us in a … |
| | Over the years I've seen a lot of discussion (and several implementations) of the Quicksort algorithm. Most of what I have seen, unfortunately, lacks sufficient commenting as well as meaningful variable names. Hopefully the following vbScript code will more clearly show how Quicksort actually works. A couple of incidental notes: … |
| | An often underused control from vb.Net is the FolderWatch control. But sometimes you need to throw something together that doesn't need a fancy GUI. Or perhaps the task seems too trivial to go to the hassle of coding it up in vb.Net (or C#). Because the FolderWatcher is built on … |
| | A while back I came across an article that mentioned genetic algorithms. For those unfamiliar with the term, simply put, rather than finding a solution to a problem by iterating over all possible cases, a genetic algorithm attempts to find a solution by starting with a guess, then generating a …  |
 | Hello, I've been working on learning VBScript to make a few useful scripts to work with WinNT and make a more user friendly interface when searching for users on a domain. While doing so, I discovered something interesting about arrays and I'm hoping someone could explain if it's just the … |
 | Group, I'm trying to write some code that will read the clocktime. When it hits a predetermined time, I want it to run a routine. I know how to do this in VB.net. It would be done like this: Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick If …  |
 | Hi All, I'm working on a script which has a primary function to look for jpg files. I can get it to work if the folder path is just my desktop but if I try the start of the path to be C:\ it errors out. Right now the error … |
| | Not sure if this is the right spot for this question but I'm here! I'm trying to make a vb script that opens large text files, one at time, searches each line for Null values (there can be many) and then replaces them with a space. My coworker put the … |
| | I find that I occasionaally have special projects where it would be nice to have a context menu for files. I tend to write housekeeping scripts and it is convenient to be able to run these scripts against one or more files at a time without having to navigate and … |
| | Hi, I have a scenario where in I had to sort an array, find duplicates and increment one or the other by 1. So, Eg: An array has 22, 23, 21, 21, 24 within it then, an array should be able to find 21 and increment it by 1 i.e. …  |
| | Hi all, We use a .hta vbscript from a fileserver, but after office 2007 has been intalled, the script does not read/write from/to a .mdb file on that same fileserver. The script does work (with office 2007), if it is started from a desktop instead of the fileserver. (reading/writing the … |
| | > I have an xml document that looks like this: <OUTPUT version="2.0"> <RESPONSE> <LOAN_DATA loan_id="xxxx" loan_number="1111" loan_type="HE" status_code="OK"> <![CDATA[<MORTGAGE_LOAN xmlns="http://www.something.com/CLF" version="1.0"> <APPLICANTS> <APPLICANT is_declined="N" first_name="MARISOL" last_name="TESTCASE" m_initial="L" middle_name="L" ssn="000000001" > </APPLICANT> </APPLICANTS> </MORTGAGE_LOAN>]]> </LOAN_DATA> </RESPONSE> </OUTPUT> I can successfully read down to the CData section and can even access the … |
| | GoodDay All. I am trying to create a hit counter in vbscript on a HTML Page for specific client needs. I cannot use any hit counters available for free. My problem is that my code only finds the text file on my notebook(Local C:\ drive) and not in the website … |
| | I had written a script to login to some terminals and do some basic commands remotely. It fails at password entry. ******************************************************************* Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.Run "cygwin" ' Give Cygwin time to load WScript.Sleep 2000 a=Array(112) For Each i In a WshShell.SendKeys "`ssh user@XX.XX.XX.XX" & i & " 'hostname;ps … |
| | Hi all, We use a .hta vbscript from a fileserver, but after office 2007 has been intalled, the script does not read/write from/to a .mdb file on that same fileserver. The script does work, if it started from a desktop instead of the fileserver. (reading/writing the same .mdb file on … |
| | How to create a website which i want to create by using a vb srcipt and also i want to make a use of java script in this.pls help me out..give me suggestions regarding this.  |
| | I am not really good at HTML, (I assume this is HTML, at least, I do C++ mainly). I found this thing called "passwordreset.htm" and I got a little curious(this is on a school computer). I decided to open it, and I found something that looks like a password reset … |
| | Hi all, I wrote a .hta script (with vbscript - no jscript, in it) and put it on a fileserver. The people who use this script, start the script by clicking on a shortcut on their Desktop that leads to the .hta script on the fileserver. The .hta script reads … |
| | Alright, I'm having a problem with a scheduled task not running. At first it wouldn't run the vbs, so I created a bat to run it and then it would work, but only when the user is logged in. I went into the local security policy and made sure my … |
| | Hi, Does anyone know on how to convert vb.net to excel. I am new in this company and they are using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio for their database. FYI, they are using stored procedure as well. Thank you |
| | Hello everyone: I have the following issue, i have and old computer and i need to erase pics and all that, but that computer has several folders and some are hidden, and is very time consuming checking where are those folders. I would like a VBS to erase all the …  |
| | Am trying to get this code to work where the user enters n rock,paper,or scissors and the computer randomly picks as well, it then states what each choose, once u click ok it tells who won the match but my code once it shows the 1st winner result have to …  |
| | Using VbScript:: I have a list of several different prices and I'm trying to figure out how to round these 5 decimals adding zeros if necessary. For example: I want 2.84 3.1 4.896 to look like 2.84000 3.10000 4.89600 Can somebody please help me? Thanks! |
| | I'm a newbie to SOAP, and have been searching for an answer with no luck. Hopefully someone can help me out here. I have a VB script which successfully retrieves a SOAP response (xmlhttp.responseText). I can see the response with WScript.Echo, save it in a variable or can save it … |
| | First, sorry for posting this here, but I couldn't find a VBScript forum on Daniweb (which I find surprising). I'm working with binary data in several different projects. Below is an example of code that works to retrieve a static map image (PNG) from Google: [CODE]strFileURL = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?markers=2200+S+Western+Ave+Lisle+IL&zoom=14&size=400x400&sensor=false" Set objXMLHTTP … |
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