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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I count the number of lines in a text file?-- MS Hey, MS. It’s easy to tell that Microsoft’s scripting technologies weren’t written by people who do system administration for a living. Our scripting technologies are jam-packed with features and capabilities, yet we always seem to missing the things that people really ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to have a script automatically run any time a file is added to a specific folder?-- MB Hey, WM. Yes, this is possible, thanks to the magic of WMI events, which allow you to write a script to monitor for something of interest (like a file being added to a folder) and then take some action any time an event like ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to pause my script, then have it resume as soon as the user presses any key on the keyboard. How do I do that?-- AL Hey, AL. Boy, this question takes us back: “Press any key to continue,” along with “Abort, Retry, or Fail,” has to be one of the most famous phrases in computing history. Excuse us for a ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of text files in a folder. Is there a way to print those files using a script? I know I can use Microsoft Word to print the files from a script, but I don’t have Microsoft Word installed on that computer.-- MA Hey, MA. Don’t tell anyone from Microsoft we said this, but that’s OK; you don’t need Microsoft Word j...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I get multiple lines of output in a Web page using the Document.Body.InnerHTML property? I can only get one line of output on my page.-- CM Hey, CM. Sounds like you’re creating an instance of Internet Explorer and trying to display script output in it. And we’re willing to bet you’re using a script similar to this: In th...