Showing results for October 2006 - Page 2 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! Over the past year or so you’ve answered several questions in which you use a script to connect to the Inbox in Microsoft Outlook. But how can I connect to the Junk Mail folder in Outlook?-- ME Hey, ME. Let’s see, what time is it? OK good: we have enough time to answer this question and get the column posted. We were a little...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to locate and delete all the .tmp files on a drive?-- OR Hey, OR. You know, there’s an old saying: Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; teach that man to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life. Well, unless he’s like the Scripting Guy who writes this column and doesn’t like seafood...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I print a Microsoft Access report?-- RW Hey, RW. You know the cool thing about being a Scripting Guy – aside from the opportunity to pal around with Paris and Nicole – is the fact that people think we know what we’re doing. Someone asks a question like, “How can I print a Microsoft Access report?” and the Script...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether a number is even or odd?-- JO Hey, JO. You know, just this morning the Scripting Guy who writes this column was driving in to work when he heard an advertisement for a store that sells HD TVs. “We don’t confuse you by stocking all the different HD TVs available,” said the ad. “No, sir. Instead, we make ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a series of string values that I need to convert to an array, splitting the value on the ampersand (&). However, if the ampersand is followed by amp (in other words, if the string is &amp) I don’t want to split the string at that point. How do I do that?-- AK Hey, AK. We apologize for taking so long to post the...