Showing results for June 2005 - Page 2 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! Given a date, can a script tell me the date that the Friday for that week occurs?-- DLR Hey, DLR. Too bad you didn’t ask which dates Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays fall on; coincidentally enough, each of the Scripting Guys have memorized - years in advance - all the days that we aren’t required to come to work. When it come...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that compares two email addresses and tells me whether or not they are the same. Sometimes the email addresses are the same, but the case is different: for example, one address might be example@abc.com and the other might be example@ABC.com. My script always tells me that these are different email addresses. Ho...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a custom application that adds some attributes to the Active Directory schema. These attributes have hyphens in their names, and I can’t figure out how to retrieve the value of those attributes; any time I try to connect to one I get an error message. Any suggestions?-- TW Hey, TW. You know a lot of people don&rs...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I check to see if a particular file exists and, if it does, exit the script?-- TO Hey, TO. There are at least two ways to check for the existence of a file (that’s the real key here; exiting the script is easy). One of these approaches uses the FileSystemObject and the other uses WMI, and we’re going to show you both ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In previous columns you’ve shown us how to present users with a dialog box that enables them to select files. Is there any way to show them a dialog box that only lets users select folders?-- LP Hey, LP. You know, you’ve come to the right place: the Scripting Guys have just what the doctor ordered. Actually, we have the Brows...