You can use WScript.Arguments
to access the arguments passed to your script.
Calling the script:
cscript.exe test.vbs "C:\temp\"
Inside your script:
Set File = FSO.OpenTextFile(WScript.Arguments(0) &"\test.txt", 2, True)
Don't forget to check if there actually has been an argument passed to your script. You can do so by checking the Count
property:
if WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 then
WScript.Echo "Missing parameters"
end if
If your script is over after you close the file then there is no need to set the variables to Nothing
. The resources will be cleaned up automatically when the cscript.exe process terminates. Setting a variable to Nothing
usually is only necessary if you explicitly want to free resources during the execution of your script. In that case, you would set variables which contain a reference to a COM object to Nothing
, which would release the COM object before your script terminates. This is just a short answer to your bonus question, you will find more information in these related questions:
Is there a need to set Objects to Nothing inside VBA Functions