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From: Pegasus [MVP] on 21 Feb 2010 14:58


"Marc M" <marc.manfredi(a)gmail.com> said this in news item
news:e7a74c18-8ea8-45c1-93f0-21243af578b9(a)x22g2000yqx.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks again for the script and input, guys. I am now very interested
> in learning VB script inside/out. Do you guys have any online
> training URLs or resources that you can share? How did you all get so
> proficient in scripting w/ VB.
>
> Regards,
> Marc

In my case like so:
- By writing simple code based on the examples given in the downloadable
help file script56.chm.
- By studying in detail the solutions posted here until I fully understood
them.
- By modifying these solutions in various ways.
- By writing my own tools and utilities and improving them over time.
- By relying on my general programming background, in particular in
reference to structured programming and the KISS principle.

From: Paul Randall on 21 Feb 2010 18:28
In addition to what Pegasus said, finding and studying a good source of
scripts that work out of the box is also helpful. The free version of
VBSEdit (vbsedit.com) comes with a big library of pastable code snippets and
sample programs on a wide range of topics, all available from its
programming window's menu bar.

-Paul Randall

"Marc M" <marc.manfredi(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Feb 19, 8:02 pm, "Al Dunbar" <aland...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> "ekrengel" <erickreng...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:5cf2af62-14fc-4252-a4ad-7f3ff5ccc3af(a)k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
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> > On Feb 19, 3:42 am, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...(a)microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> "Al Dunbar" <aland...(a)hotmail.com> said this in news
> >> itemnews:5E2070A1-88E9-4EA2-BBAD-F6A0270D4933(a)microsoft.com...
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> >> > The only potential issue I see with the approach has to do with
> >> > maintenance. If, for example, it was necessary to adapt this code to
> >> > rename "*.std_tempor" files as "*.std", one would need to remember to
> >> > change both instances of "8" to "10". I would tend to use
> >> > len(sFileType)
> >> > instead of the constant in order to avoid that problem.
>
> >> > Also, since the .getextensionname method is being used, I would tend
> >> > to
> >> > create the resulting filename using the .buildpath method instead of
> >> > simple concatenation. I'm not saying that it is wrong to use
> >> > concatenation, just that switching between different ways of parsing
> >> > filenames is an additional level of complexity that can complicate
> >> > maintenance.
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> >> > /Al
>
> >> Agreed, but let's not confuse a beginner with stuff that is likely to
> >> confuse him.
>
> > I would have actually used the replace function along with len like Al
> > suggested...and then just create another string for the new
> > extension. But, there are several ways to get the right solution in
> > vbscript and none of them are really wrong.
>
> Agreed. Any script that works correctly most of the time is as good as any
> other script that gives the same results.
>
> And if you had provided a solution in your style before Pegasus made his
> contribution, then we would be suggesting that he not confuse the
> beginner... ;-)
>
> /Al- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
Thanks again for the script and input, guys. I am now very interested
in learning VB script inside/out. Do you guys have any online
training URLs or resources that you can share? How did you all get so
proficient in scripting w/ VB.

Regards,
Marc


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