Protecting variables

[ErrolDC]

Hi again
How do I fully protect a variable that will obviously throw a script error? For example:

msicall="msiexec /I"\\dfiint-flsvr\data\SAVTools\INSTALL\Symantec Antivirus.msi" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus" ADDLOCAL=SAVMain,SAVUI,SAVHelp,EMailTools,OutlookSnapin,Pop3Smtp,QClient NETWORKTYPE=1 INSTALLSERVER=0 SERVERNAME=DFIINT-APPSVR /l*v C:\savinst.log REBOOT=Suppress /qn"

Trying to set that install string as a variable throws a script error. I'm not sure how to tell vbscript it's all one single variable.

Errol

 

[Jerz]

Try:

msicall="msiexec /I"&Chr(34)&"\\dfiint-flsvr\data\SAVTools\INSTALL\Symantec Antivirus.msi"&Chr(34)&" INSTALLDIR="&Chr(34)&"C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus"&Chr(34)&"ADDLOCAL=SAVMain,SAVUI,SAVHelp,EMailTools,OutlookSnapin,Pop3Smtp,QClient NETWORKTYPE=1 INSTALLSERVER=0 SERVERNAME=DFIINT-APPSVR /l*v C:\savinst.log REBOOT=Suppress /qn"

 

[PHV]

Another way:
msicall="msiexec /I""\\dfiint-flsvr\data\SAVTools\INSTALL\Symantec Antivirus.msi"" INSTALLDIR=""C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus"" ADDLOCAL=SAVMain,SAVUI,SAVHelp,EMailTools,OutlookSnapin,Pop3Smtp,QClient NETWORKTYPE=1 INSTALLSERVER=0 SERVERNAME=DFIINT-APPSVR /l*v C:\savinst.log REBOOT=Suppress /qn"

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[ErrolDC]

Ahh.. thanks very much. This method is very different from bash or korn shell scripting.

 

[PHV]

"" inside a quoted string is the equivalent of \" in shell scripting.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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