Advanced VBScript for Microsoft® Windows® Administrators

Chapter 3. Windows Script Files

In this chapter:

Defining Windows Script Files

Understanding XML

Creating Script Jobs

Including Other Scripts

Adding Resources

Creating Examples and Help Text

Using Named Parameters

Viewing a Windows Script File in Action

Converting an Existing Script to a WSF Utility

Creating and Using a Wrapper WSF

Summary

VBScript can be used in a variety of ways, including as a Windows Script File (WSF). These XML-formatted scripts offer many benefits and features that we’ll explore in this chapter.

A standard VBScript contains one script per file, plus supporting functions and subroutines, so if you have many related scripts, you have to manage them individually. If you have a collection of code you use frequently, you probably cut and ...