sarw.wsf

Apress - Managing Enterprise Systems With The Windows Script Host Source Code

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<job>
<runtime>
    <description>
<![CDATA[
This script demonstrates use of WScript.StdIn/Out/Err by
doing some template processing.  The whole StdIn is read and 
merged into a template file and the result is dumped out to stdout.
]]>
    </description>
    <unnamed name="TemplateFile" many="false" required="true" 
    helpstring="File containing template text." />
    <example>
<![CDATA[
CScript sarw.wsf Template.txt < Replacement.txt > Out.txt

Suppose Replacements.txt contained
Fred Smith  555-1234
Joe Blow    555-2432

and Template.txt contained
     Phone List
Name        Phone
</1/>

then Out.txt would contain:
     Phone List
Name        Phone
Fred Smith  555-1234
Joe Blow    555-2432
]]> 
    </example>
</runtime>
<script language="VBScript" src="fsolib.vbs">
<![CDATA[
   Dim strTemplate
   Sub ReplaceText
    Dim strRepls, strOut

	'check if replacement element exists
    If Instr(strTemplate,"</1/>") = 0 Then _
      ExitScript "Template file missing replacement element ", False
    
     'read the body from standard input and replace template layout
     strRepls = WScript.StdIn.ReadAll
     strOut = Replace(strTemplate , "</1/>" , strRepls)

     WScript.StdOut.Write strOut
  End Sub

  CheckCScript
  CheckArguments 1
  strTemplate = GetFile(WScript.Arguments(0))
  ReplaceText
  ]]>
 </script>
</job>