vbs Script Whats wrong

RadoX · 7 Jan 2007 at 16:32

this is my script why wont it wrok eventualy it will delete autoexec.cfg and put my fps configh there form the script but why wont it work now

Code:

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

ts = InputBox("Please enter your steam username")

WshShell.Run ("C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\" & ts & "\""counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg\autoexec.cfg")

'End

Acolyte · 7 Jan 2007 at 18:07

"\""counter-strike

^^ Whats with the double "" in there for no reason?

RadoX · 7 Jan 2007 at 18:33

still dosent work

this is the current script

Code:

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

ts = InputBox("Please enter your steam username")


	

WshShell.Run "C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\ & ts & \counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg\autoexec.cfg"


'End

i think its got something to do with the space between program files and strike source

JonC · 7 Jan 2007 at 18:37

WshShell.Run "C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\" & ts & "\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg\autoexec.cfg"

RadoX · 7 Jan 2007 at 18:38

nope still dont work

Acolyte · 7 Jan 2007 at 18:57

Well looking at it you cant "execute" a CFG file can you, as in you cant double click that file and expect it to run, am i right?

Does it not have to be executed within Counterstrike?

RadoX · 7 Jan 2007 at 23:04

nope should just exec

robmiller · 7 Jan 2007 at 23:47

RadoX said:
nope should just exec

No it shouldn't :/

Mr^B · 8 Jan 2007 at 07:09

You can't just shell out to a .cfg file - it should be an executable file.

The .cfg file isn't executable, it's executed BY something else (notepad/whatever) - to open a .txt file, for example, you'd have to shell out to notepad.exe passing the .cfg file as a parameter "notepad.exe c:\boot.ini" or something of that ilk.

RadoX · 8 Jan 2007 at 15:30

right ui cant open the folder nevermind the cfg so instead of \autoexec.cfg just \ till dosent work

Eriedor · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:08

If there is spaces in the path you have to surround it in quotes so:

WshShell.Run """" & "C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\" & cStr(ts) & "\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg\autoexec.cfg" & """"

Can you ShellExec in vbscript? That will execute the file with the registered program. Like .txt with notepad.

RadoX · 8 Jan 2007 at 20:40

ta theat worked

can you explain this

Code:

" & cStr(ts) & "

and this

Code:

& """"

the & sign

Eriedor · 9 Jan 2007 at 15:19

cStr 'converts' a variable of one type into a string. Technically it isn't needed as it will be implicitly converted but i prefer to keep it in.

The ampersands (&) concatenate strings together.

"""" is a string that contains a single quote (")