Windows® XP Under the Hood

Appendix F. Index of Patterns and Sample Programs

Index of Patterns

Chapter	Topic	Task	Page
2	VBScript	Repeat a task until finished	58
		Extract base filename from a full filename	66
		Prompt user for numeric or date input	74
		Display counts in English	76
		Scan all the elements of an array	80
3	Objects	Scan through objects in a collection with VBScript	93
		Scan through objects in a collection with JScript	95
		Scan through objects in a collection with Object REXX	103
		Explain proper command-line usage	106
4	File objects	Process all files and subfolders in a folder recursively	137
		Open a text file for input or output	139
		Read all lines of a file, ignoring blanks	142
		Select files that have any one or more of several file attributes	132 ...