VBScript tips

Some tips for doing things in vbscript.

  • Convert a relative path to an absolute path

    strDirName = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(strDirName)

  • Type-cast a String to an Integer

    intNumber = CInt(strNumber)

  • Regular expressions in VBScript

    Set objIPAddressRegEx= new RegExp ‘Create a RegExp object objIPAddressRegEx.Pattern = “\d+.\d+.\d+.\d+” objIPAddressRegEx.IgnoreCase = True If objIPAddressRegEx.Test(“10.1.1.1”) Then     WScript.Echo “String matched regular expression” End If