ansaurus

Question

Why is WSH giving me the "expected ;" error?

Answer 1

+2 A:

how about trying this way:

var shell = WScript.CreateObject('WScript.Shell');
// my version of windows does not have the regkey you initially specified
strRegValue = 'HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\CommonFilesDir';    
strPID = shell.RegRead(strRegValue);    
WScript.Echo(strPID);

iwo 2009-12-01 22:35:34

so, I've made three changes:1) keyword var instead of set (it is jscript, isn't it?)2) backslash characters needs to be escaped in string literals 3) parenthesis were missing from the print statement

iwo 2009-12-01 22:38:01

one more tip: if you're planning to print this out to the console, instead of a message box, use cscript.exe as your script host (the default is wscript.exe, eg: cscript.exe registry.js)

iwo 2009-12-01 22:40:36

thanks for fixing that. I grabbed that WSH snippet from some website. I should have known better =/ But how do I do the cscript thing you suggested. I am using CMD

codeninja 2009-12-01 22:58:52

these scripts (.js or .vbs) don't get just executed on their own, they need a host process or interpreter. On windows this is called the script host, and there are two kind: wscript.exe and cscript.exe. Cscript stands for console script while wscript is the windows script host. Unfortunately wscript is the default one, so if you're planning to use stdin/stdout features, you are going to get "invalid handle" errors. However you can explicitly set your script host by just typing it in at your command prompt, and giving your script file name as its parameter. check out cscript.exe /? for more.

iwo 2009-12-01 23:06:21

perfect! so can I use these in place of batch files?

codeninja 2009-12-02 01:04:30

and how can i get console input to the script file using cscript?

codeninja 2009-12-02 01:05:06

ansaurus

tags:

views:

answers:

Why is WSH giving me the "expected ;" error?

related questions