March 2005

How Can I Display A Progress Bar (or Something Similar) While My Script Runs?

ScriptingGuy1 March 16, 2005 Mar 16, 2005 03/16/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get my script to do something interesting while the code executes; you know, how can I display a progress bar or something?-- HD Hey, HD. To begin with, we don’t recommend that you try to use a true progress bar; that’s because it’s very difficult to calculate - let alone display - progress. We’re all ...

How Can I Determine Which USB Devices are Connected to a Computer?

ScriptingGuy1 March 15, 2005 Mar 15, 2005 03/15/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which USB devices are connected to a computer?-- WM Hey, WM. If you watch a lot of TV - um, not that the Scripting Guys do; we spend our spare time reading the works of Shakespeare, solving differential equations, and otherwise tending to our many intellectual pursuits. As we’ve been told, however, ...

How Can I Automatically Dismiss a Message Box After a Specified Length of Time?

ScriptingGuy1 March 14, 2005 Mar 14, 2005 03/14/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’d like to display a Yes/No message box for a few seconds and then, if no one clicks a button, have the message box disappear and the script perform the default operation. How do I do that?-- JR Hey, JR. Sounds like you need the WSH Shell object and the Popup method. Popup works a lot like the VBScript Msgbox function...

How Can I Delete a Table from a Jet Database?

ScriptingGuy1 March 11, 2005 Mar 11, 2005 03/11/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I delete a table from a Jet database using a script?-- AK Hey, AK. Of course you can delete a table from a Jet database using a script; after all, you can do anything using a script! Well, OK, maybe not DHCP server stuff. And maybe you can’t change the display resolution of your computer. And maybe not - well, let...

How Can I Temporarily Add a Group to Another Active Directory Group?

ScriptingGuy1 March 10, 2005 Mar 10, 2005 03/10/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’d like to add an Active Directory group to a second group, but only for an hour; after an hour, I’d like remove that group from the second group. Can I do that with a script?-- JW Hey, JW. Well, this is definitely one of the more interesting questions we’ve received. As far as we know, there’s no way to put a ...

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How Can I Display A Progress Bar (or Something Similar) While My Script Runs?

How Can I Determine Which USB Devices are Connected to a Computer?

How Can I Automatically Dismiss a Message Box After a Specified Length of Time?

How Can I Delete a Table from a Jet Database?

How Can I Temporarily Add a Group to Another Active Directory Group?

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