Windows 7 and Vista guide to scripting, automation, and command line tools

Windows 7 and Vista guide to scripting, automation, and command line tools

The addition of the mouse and the Graphical User Interface made the computer accessible to many more people than would have been possible otherwise. Still, "pointing and clicking" can be tedious when performing routine or repetitive tasks. Just as people learn to use menu shortcuts (the Al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Knittel, Brian Author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Que Pub 2011
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
Operating systems (Computers)
Windows PowerShell (Computer program language)
Scripting languages (Computer science)
Command languages (Computer science)
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Computer Science
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • I: Scripting with Windows Script Host
  • 1 Windows Script Host
  • What Is a Windows Script?
  • Scripting Languages
  • A Simple Script
  • Types of Script Files
  • Creating Your First Script File
  • How Windows Runs Scripts
  • Running Your Own Scripts
  • Security Concerns
  • Debugging Scripts
  • Where to Get More Information
  • 2 VBScript Tutorial
  • Introduction to VBScript
  • Flow Control
  • VBScript Functions
  • Interacting with the User
  • Advanced VBScript Topics
  • Where to Go from Here
  • 3 Scripting and Objects
  • Introduction to Objects
  • Using Objects with VBScript
  • Using Objects with JScript
  • Using Objects with ActivePerl
  • Using Objects with ActivePython
  • Using the WScript Object
  • Locating and Using Unusual Objects
  • 4 File and Registry Access
  • Getting Real Work Done
  • Manipulating Files and Folders
  • Reading and Writing Files
  • Reading and Writing XML
  • Manipulating Programs and Shortcuts
  • Working with the Environment
  • Working with the Registry
  • 5 Network and Printer Objects
  • Managing Network and Printer Connections
  • Retrieving Network User Information
  • Managing Drive Mappings
  • Managing Network Printer Connections
  • Printing from Scripts
  • 6 Messaging and Faxing Objects
  • Sending Email from Scripts with CDO
  • The CDO Object Model
  • Sending a Message with CDO
  • Faxing from Scripts
  • 7 Windows Management Instrumentation
  • Introduction to Windows Management Instrumentation
  • Making WMI Connections
  • WMI Collections and Queries
  • Scriptomatic
  • WMI Examples
  • For More Information
  • 8 Active Directory Scripting Interface
  • Managing the User Directory
  • ADSI Concepts
  • ADSI Objects for the WinNT: Provider
  • IIS and Exchange
  • Managing Active Directory
  • Active Directory Objects
  • Developing ADSI Scripts
  • EzAD Scriptomatic.
  • For More Information
  • 9 Deploying Scripts for Computer and Network Management
  • Using Scripts in the Real World
  • Using WSF Files
  • Deploying Scripts on a Network
  • Creating Simple Installation Programs with IExpress
  • Writing Scripts to Manage Other Computers
  • Scripting Security Issues
  • Setting Up Logon Scripts
  • Scheduling Scripts to Run Automatically
  • II: The Command Line Environment
  • 10 The CMD Command-Line
  • The Command Prompt
  • Running CMD
  • Command-Line Processing
  • Configuring the CMD Program
  • Built-in Commands
  • Getting More Information
  • 11 Batch Files for Fun and Profit
  • Why Batch Files?
  • Creating and Using Batch Files
  • Batch File Programming
  • Displaying Information in Batch Files
  • Argument Substitution
  • Argument Editing
  • Conditional Processing with If
  • Processing Multiple Arguments
  • Working with Environment Variables
  • Processing Multiple Items with the for Command
  • Using Batch File Subroutines
  • Prompting for Input
  • Useful Batch File Techniques
  • 12 The MS-DOS Environment Under Windows
  • MS-DOS Programs on Windows
  • Configuring the MS-DOS Environment
  • MS-DOS and Networking
  • Printing from MS-DOS
  • Configuring Serial Communications with MS-DOS
  • Using Special-Purpose Devices for MS-DOS
  • Managing MS-DOS Programs
  • 13 Command-Line Utilities
  • Windows Command-Line Programs
  • The Essential Command Line
  • GUI Shortcuts
  • General-Purpose Shell Programs
  • File-Management Tools
  • Management Power Tools
  • Networking Utilities
  • Getting More Utilities
  • III: Introduction to Windows PowerShell
  • 14 Windows PowerShell
  • Introduction to Windows PowerShell
  • Obtaining Windows PowerShell
  • The PowerShell Environment
  • The PowerShell Command Prompt
  • Cmdlets and Objects and Scripts, Oh My!
  • Getting Help
  • Prompting to Complete Commands
  • Aliases.
  • Navigating Directories and Other Locations
  • PowerShell Security
  • PowerShell Profiles
  • 15 PowerShell Programming
  • The Windows PowerShell Programming Language
  • Windows PowerShell Syntax
  • Comments
  • Variables and Types
  • Expressions
  • Flow of Control
  • Exception Handling
  • Defining Functions
  • Using the .NET API
  • 16 Using PowerShell
  • Real-World PowerShell
  • Command-Line Techniques
  • Formatting Cmdlet Output
  • Working with Files and Folders
  • Creating Useful Scripts
  • Using Hash Tables
  • The PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment
  • Remote and Background PowerShell
  • Where to Go from Here
  • IV: Appendices
  • A: VBScript Reference
  • VBScript 5.6 Language Features
  • Syntax
  • General Structure of a VBScript Program
  • Data Types and Variables
  • Expressions and Operators
  • Program Statements
  • Functions
  • Predefined Special Values
  • VBA Features Omitted from VBScript
  • B: CMD and Batch File Language Reference
  • Batch File Argument and for Variable Replacement
  • Environment Variable Expansion
  • Predefined Environment Variables
  • Command Formatting
  • Built-in Commands
  • C: Command Line Program Reference
  • Administrative Tools
  • Built-in and Batch File Commands
  • DOS Commands
  • File-Management Commands
  • Handy Programs
  • Networking Tools
  • Software Development Aids
  • TCP/IP Utilities
  • Windows GUI Programs
  • D: Index of Patterns and Sample Scripts
  • Index of Patterns
  • Index of Sample Scripts and Batch Files
  • Index
  • E: Automation Object Reference
  • Collection and Dictionary Objects
  • Script Management and Utility Objects
  • File Access Objects
  • XML/HTML Processing Objects
  • Program Environment Objects
  • Network and Printer Objects
  • Messaging Objects.
  • Windows Management Interface (WMI) Objects
  • Active Directory Scripting Interface Objects
  • F: WSF and WSC File Format Reference
  • XML Conformance
  • Structure of a WSF
  • Structure of a WSC File
  • Tag Syntax
  • G: Creating Your Own Scriptable Objects
  • Why Create Your Own Objects?
  • Programming Language Options
  • Creating Objects with Windows Script Component Files
  • WSC File Format Reference
  • Creating a WSC
  • Creating a Practical Object.

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