Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Sometimes, you may have an existing VBScript that already does just what you want. You can easily incorporate any VBScript into PowerShell because PowerShell can call just about anything that is executable, including VBScript. The tricky part is that you mainly want...

Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Returning Text Information From PowerShell To VBScript

In a previous tip, you learned how to call PowerShell statements and read their return value. Return values are somewhat limited because they can only be numeric. There is an easy way to do this if you'd like to read more structured information from a PowerShell call...

Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Encrypting PowerShell Scripts

Why Hide PowerShell Script Code? Sometimes, you may want to hide the code of your PowerShell script in order to protect passwords contained within the code. One way to safely encrypt PowerShell script is by converting it into a secure string. You must first create a...

Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Converting ASCII and Characters

Convert ASCII value to a character To convert the ASCII value to a character, use type casting like this: [char]65 Convert a character to ASCII value To do the opposite and convert a character to its ascii value, use this: [int][char]'A' Here, the letter "A" is first...

Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Validating a URL

Validating User Input as a URL Using System.URI To make sure user input is a valid URL, you can use the System.URI type. Try to convert the raw string into this type. If it works, the string is a valid URI. You can then further examine the converted result to limit...

Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Assigning Multiple Variables

Refer the code : In PowerShell, you can initialize multiple variables in just one line. The following line sets all variables to the value 1: $a = $b = $c = $d = 1 To swap variables, list variables as comma-separated lists (actually, PowerShell treats your lists...

Calling VBScript From PowerShell

Converting Hash Tables to Objects

Hash Tables are convenient but are not true objects. This is bad because you are unable to output the hash content to formatting cmdlets or export cmdlets. With a short function, you can easily convert a Hash Table to an object, providing all the flexibility you need...

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