Easy question?

[kwj1027]

Trying to put a vbCrLf in a batch file using wscript (example below). When I run the script with the & vbCrLf & it skips that portion and goes to the next step.

I have tried several variations for the CrLf to no avail.

echo wscript.echo inputbox("Enter the Software Revision you wish to install." & vbCrLf & "(The software revision must be at c:\.)", "Sofware Revision") > tmp.vbs

Your assistance is appreciated.

Regards

 

[rjoubert]

Try using Chr(10) and/or Chr(13) in place of the vbCrLf.

 

[kwj1027]

Hello rjoubert, thanks for the quick response.

That is one of the other 'solutions' I had tried previously.

Either way if I enclose my two test strings with "" it just seems to bypass the step in the script. If I remove the "" of course the CrLf is just displayed as part of the text string.

Appreciate any assistance and insight.

 

[trollacious]

Put a caret (^) in front of the ampersands (&) for them to display in the .vbs file using echo. This is also how you display a pipe character, and the greater than and less than characters.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/batch.mspx?mfr=true

Lee

 

[kwj1027]

Thanks trollacious - after I read your post a couple of times (Monday morning blur) it made sense and I got it to work. Appreciate your time and effort!

Regards

 

[trollacious]

Your problem wasn't a VBScript problem, but a batch file problem related to echo.

Lee