[THIN] Re: One for all the Script jockey's out there

  • From: Tom Howarth <tom.howarth@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:49:46 +0000

tried that and get the same error

On 13/12/05, Greg Moseley <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> To get a double quote in VBS you would use """" (4 of them) to return a
> single " or you can use chr(34) which looks a lot tidier in a string
>
> You could try "hkcu\software\microsoft\windowsNT\CurrentVersion\Devices\"
> & chr(92) & chr(92) & "<printserver>\<p­rintqueue>"
>
> Cheers
> Greg
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Matthew Shrewsbury
> *Sent:* 13 December 2005 18:16
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: One for all the Script jockey's out there
>
>
>
> Normally in javascript we use twice as many back slashes as we need. For
> example \\server\share would be in a javascript \\\\server\\share
>
>
>
> I write all my scripts in Java script as I find it easer and slightly more
> powerful then VB script.
>
>
>
> Don't know if that helps or not…
>
>
>
> *Matthew Shrewsbury**, *MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
>
> Senior Network Administrator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Tom Howarth
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:20 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] One for all the Script jockey's out there
>
>
>
> I need to read the following regkey
>
> hkcu\software\microsoft\windowsNT\CurrentVersion\Devices\\\<printserver>\<p­rintqueue>
>
>
> I receive the following error
>
> Invalid root in Registry Key
> "Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Devices\\\<p­rintserver>\<printqueue>
>
>
> Code:  80070057
>
> source Wshshell.RegRead
>
> I'm know that the "\\" are to blame, as the script works
> when the value does not have the "\\" in it.
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> --
> Tom at home
>



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