WScript properties

The following code demonstrates the various WScript object's properties and methods

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' Suspend script execution for 1 second.
WScript.Sleep 1000

' Create a WshController object when you want to run scripts remotely.
WSHController = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Controller")

' Create a WshNetwork object when you want to map to a network share.
WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")

' Create a WshShell object 
WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

' Create an object that represents a running script (the variable scriptState is a WshScriptExec Object).
scriptState = WScript.Exec("myScript.WScript")

' Acquire a list of command line arguments (the variable objArgs is a WshArguments object).
objArgs = WScript.Arguments

' Echo the script mode.
WScript.Echo (WScript.Interactive)

' Output the IDispatch interface on the WScript object.
WScript.Echo WScript.Application

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Equivalent Windows command:

ECHO - Display message on screen