creating a directory....

[buccaneer]

Hi, i'm new to this game and am trying to create directories in a script... i used the code below but it dont work....any ideas ??


' Try to create the directory.
Dim di 'As DirectoryInfo = Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\mydir")

cheers chris

 

[jebenson]

Well, first you need to remove the apostrophe before the "As" that is commenting out the variable definition:

Dim di As DirectoryInfo = Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\mydir")

Second, are you getting any error messages? If so, what?

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[buccaneer]

If i remove the apostrophe i get a Windows Script Host error.

Line 1 Char 8
Error : Expected end of statement
Code 800A0401
Source : Microsoft VBScript compilation error

 

[pkailas]

dim directory as FileSystemObject
dim di
set directory = createobject("Scripting.FileSystemobject")
set di = directory.createfolder("c:\mydir")

 

[MakeItSo]

Dim AS in Script?
1.) This is VB6 forum, not VBScript forum329
;-)

2.) In the latter case, try

Dim di
Set di=Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\mydir")

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Andy

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[buccaneer]

MakeItSo

when i try your way i get an error on line 2

Object required : 'Directory'
code 800A01A8

am i in the wrong forum ??
whats the difference between VBscript and VB6 ?

 

[MakeItSo]

Several commands don't exist in Script.
I see PHV referred you to the FileSystemObject in the Script forum, which is better.
I have never used the Directory object before and I've heard, it was kind of buggy anyway...

Major difference between VB and VBScript:
In VBScript you don't dimension variables as a certain type, just Dim them.

String operations like Mid or Mid$ don't exist in VBScript, you need to work around with left and right functions.
Here are two official comparison lists:

http://thirdm.com/scripting/vbscript.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/vsgrpNonFeatures.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/vsgrpNonFeatures.asp

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Andy


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