.INI with .BAT

[Sidewinder]

Figure of speech. Both are already installed with the operating system. This is a good place to learn about VBScript. Everything from tools, examples and articles.

You can also find a file on your system named script56.chm. This is a compiled help file which serves as a reference for both VBScript and JScript.

You can also post here should you have any problems.

[HypercamJ]

Could you upload script56? I don't have it on my computer.  (Searched everywhere!)

[Sidewinder]

I don't have it on my computer.

That's odd. What OS are you running?

You can download it here

Good luck. 

[HypercamJ]

Windows XP Home edition. Probably outdated or it only comes with XP Professional. idk...Thanks for the link anyways! Now I might be able to become a vb noob. 

[Dias de verano]

hypercam, you need to stop asking question after question, and start doing some independent study.

[michaewlewis]

You'd probably be better off trying visual basic with some of the ideas you have. You can download visual basic express for free here. http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/default.aspx
And a good book about it: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/12202.aspx

[ghostdog74]

Is there a way to import settings from an .ini file to use in a batch file? I looked it up on Google but I didn't see anything I was looking for.

use  a programming language. eg Python. Sample ini file

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[Settings]
%PrNm%=Program name
%Auth%=Author's Name
%PrLc%=Program location

[Drivers]
a = abc.dll
b = efg.ocx
code

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import ConfigParser
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
config.read("file")

print "Program Name ", config.get("Settings", "%PrNm%")
print "Program Location", config.get("Settings", "%PrLc%"),

# dump entire config file
for section in config.sections():
    print section
    for option in config.options(section):
        print " ", option, "=", config.get(section, option)

output:

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c:\test> test.py

Program Name  Program name
Program Location Program location Drivers
  a = abc.dll
  b = efg.ocx
Settings
  %auth% = Author's Name
  %prlc% = Program location
  %prnm% = Program name