I get a compilation error when I try to run the following vbs code from a command prompt in Windows 7.
Option Explicit
Dim objNetwork, strRemotePath1, strRemotePath2, strRemotePath3
Dim strDriveLetter1, strDriveLetter2, strDriveLetter3, strUserName
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUserName = objNetwork.UserName
strDriveLetter1 = "H:"
strDriveLetter2 = "P:"
strDriveLetter3 = "S:"
strRemotePath1 = "\testpublicusers" & strUserName & ""
strRemotePath2 = "\testpublicgroups"
strRemotePath3 = "\testscans"
'Section which maps two drives, M: and P: and S:
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter1, strRemotePath1
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter2, strRemotePath2
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter3, strRemotePath3
'Extra code just to add a message box
WScript.Echo "Map drives " & strDriveLetter1 & " & " & strDriveLetter2 & " & " & strDriveLetter3
Wscript.Quit
It says the issue is with Line 1 Char 1. Any ideas?
Help, I’m trying to run a stored procedure, but i’m getting
the following error —
«Microsoft VBScript compilation error ‘800a0408’
Invalid character
/admin/afterreviewupdatepricing.asp, line 39
if(Request.QueryString(“day7“) <> «») then
updatepricingCommand__7dayrate =
Request.QueryString(“day7“)»
Where row 39 is —
if(Request.QueryString(“day7“) <> «») then
updatepricingCommand__7dayrate =
Request.QueryString(“day7“)
I’ve attached the code —
Any ideas as to what I’m doing wrong????
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Hello, reviving an old one on this forum: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/special-characters-in-vbscript-strings/ and
also as posted on: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/escaping-special-characters-in-run-with-administrator-privileges-script/I used this script:
Here is a VB Script Vall Script that will get around the Password Prompt when «RunAs» is called…
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‘ To Run other VB Scripts or even Batch Files with Admin Priviliges’
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Dim WshShell, objFSO
suser
= «YourAdminAccount@YourDomain.com»sPass = «YourPassWord»
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‘Put your Domain Account and Password in between the qoutes, REMEMBER! the Password will be clear text. If this is a standalone just take off the @YourDomain.com
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sCommand = «wscript \UNCServerNameShareFolderYourScript.vbs»
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‘This will be the path were the scripted you want called will be at. Please note you can substitute the ablove for a local directory (Example: C:FolderYourScript.vbs)
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Set objComputer = CreateObject(«Shell.LocalMachine»)
Set WshNetwork = CreateObject(«WScript.Network»)
Set WshShell = CreatObject(«WScript.Shell»)
Set WshEnv = wshShell.Environment(«Process»)
WinPath = WshEnv(«SystemRoot»)&»System32runas.exe»
rc = WshShell.Run («runas /noprofile /user:» & suser & » » $ Chr(34) & sCommand & Chr(34))
WScript.Sleep 900
WshShell. AppActivate(WinPath)
WScript.quit
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suser = «YourAdminAccount@YourDomain.com»
sPass = «YourPassWord»
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rc = WshShell.Run («runas /noprofile /user:» & suser & » » $ Chr(34) & sCommand & Chr(34))
WScript.Sleep 900
WshShell. AppActivate(WinPath)
…This is definitely ill-advised. There is a reason the runas program does not accept a password on its command line. To quote
Raymond Chen:
The RunAs program demands that you type the password manually. Why doesn’t it accept a password on the command line?
This was a conscious decision. If it were possible to pass the password on the command line, people would start embedding passwords into batch files and logon scripts, which is laughably insecure.
In other words, the feature is missing to remove the temptation to use the feature insecurely.
In other words, you should not do this.
Bill
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when i start my computer i get this error message Microsoft VBScript compilation error. Code 800A0408
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Can you be more specific? ‘When I start my computer’ — does this message appear when the pc boots up? At what point does it appear?
If this is literally when the computer boots it’s not an EW issue.
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when the computer boots and any time i click on task manager.
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when the computer boots and anytime i click on the task manager.
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Sounds to me like you might have a startup script that’s doing this. Simply starting Task Manager won’t invoke any VBScript. Will this error occur if you just log in and don’t do anything else? Does it give you a file name? That error code means that there was an invalid character in a VBScript (.vbs more than likely) file.
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This error occur anytime i log in and don’t do anything else. The file name is C:WINDOWSsystem32winjpg.jpg
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Sounds like you might have a virus.
http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32autorunalb.html
Jim Cheshire
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Since this is a Windows not an Expression Web problem I would suggest that you ask in a Windows group or if Jim is correct in one of the anti-virus forums. In any event this is not the place to resolve your Windows boot issue.
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So I had to go through the whole file and replace invalid characters. This is rather frustrating. What I think happened is I edited in Notepad at one point rather than Notepad++.
I’ll have to change the default editor for vbs files or I’m going to do that again I’m sure of it.
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In the command line or a batch file try using «type old.vbs > new.vbs» to convert the file(s) to ansi.
http:/ Opens a new window/www.robvanderwoude.com/type.php#Unicode
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You need to post a snippet of your code, maybe the line and character referenced in the error?
We do not have enough information to help with just the error.EDIT:
After searching the error, it does seen to be an encoding issue.
I have never seen that with NotePad++.
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AdamRPL wrote:
In the command line or a batch file try using «type old.vbs > new.vbs» to convert the file(s) to ansi.
http:/ Opens a new window/www.robvanderwoude.com/type.php#Unicode
Tried that and when I run the new file I get the same message. Notepad++ is showing that it is ANSI.
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Dave Rossi wrote:
You need to post a snippet of your code, maybe the line and character referenced in the error?
We do not have enough information to help with just the error.EDIT:
After searching the error, it does seen to be an encoding issue.
I have never seen that with NotePad++.It’s always line 1 character 1.
Here is the beginning of the code:
‘——————————————————————————– ‘declare variables ‘——————————————————————————– Const ForAppending = 8 Const LogFile = “c:tempjavauninstall.txt” ‘——————————————————————————– ‘create log file ‘——————————————————————————– Set objFSO = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) Set objLogFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(LogFile) sLog = “Started Java Uninstall” Call WriteLog(sLog)
This script worked just fine until I edited it recently.
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So I had to go through the whole file and replace invalid characters. This is rather frustrating. What I think happened is I edited in Notepad at one point rather than Notepad++.
I’ll have to change the default editor for vbs files or I’m going to do that again I’m sure of it.
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