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VB Script output to .CSV file with COLUMN headings
I JUST started playing around with VB scripting tonight and had some fun in modiyfing an existing script from Microsoft here
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/networking/05_atnc_dns.mspx
It's a simple little number that collects network card/TCP info from hosts. It gets hostname, ip, subnet and network card(s) names
I modified it to output to a text file by adding some code. As my employer uses lots of excel files I thought it would be neat to send the output to a formatted .CSV file which could be read in excel. However the default objOutputFile.Writeline behaviour is add lines and continue onto the next line. I want something that looks like
this for output in the .CSV file
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
Dell PC Realtek 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
Here is the current code;
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On Error Resume Next
' Constants for FileSystemObject
Const FOR_READING = 1
Const FOR_WRITING = 2
Const FOR_APPENDING = 8
strFileOutput = "c:\Temp\IpInfo.csv"
' Create a Script Runtime FileSystemObject.
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.Fi leSystemOb ject")
' Check to see if the output file exists. If so, open it for writing or appending.
' If not, create it and open it for writing.
If objFSO.FileExists(strFileO utput) Then
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strFileOutput, FOR_WRITING)
Else
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strF ileOutput)
End If
If Err <> 0 Then
Wscript.Echo "Unable to open " & strFileOutput & " for output."
WScript.Quit
End If
' Write header for file. CUrrent date and header, and LINE space
objOutputFile.WriteLine "PC/Server Network Card & IP/Subnet Mask Info" & _
VbCrLf & "Taken " & Now & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & String(120, "-") & VbCrLf
'Create Headers for Host, NIC, IP and SubNet Mask
objOutputFile.Writeline "Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask"
arrComputers = Array("p4-right")
For Each strComputer In arrComputers
' Ping remote computer. If inaccessible, display error message.
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shel l")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("ping -n 2 -w 1000 " & strComputer)
strPingResults = LCase(objScriptExec.StdOut .ReadAll)
If InStr(strPingResults, "reply from") Then
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Host Name:," & VbCrLf & " " & strComputer
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=imper sonate}!\\ " & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
' Test for success in binding to WMI.
If Err = 0 Then
Set colNicConfigs = objWMIService.ExecQuery("S ELECT * FROM " & _
"Win32_NetworkAdapterConfi guration WHERE IPEnabled = True")
'Echo to screen, or write to file
For Each objNicConfig In colNicConfigs
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Network Adapter " & objNicConfig.Index
objOutputFile.WriteLine " " & objNicConfig.Description & VbCrlF
objOutputFile.WriteLine "IP Address(es):"
For Each strIPAddress In objNicConfig.IPAddress
objOutputFile.WriteLine " " & strIPAddress
Next
objOutputFile.WriteLine "Subnet Mask(s):"
For Each strIPSubnet In objNicConfig.IPSubnet
objOutputFile.WriteLine " " & strIPSubnet
Next
Next
Else
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Error: Unable to connect to WMI." & VbCrLf & _
"Error Number: " & Err.Number & VbCrLf & _
"Error Source: " & Err.Source & VbCrLf & _
"Error Description: " & Err.Description
Err.Clear
End If
Else
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Host Name: " & strComputer & VbCrLf & _
" Unable to connect."
End If
Next
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Any help appreciated, it's nothing urgent as I'm just doing this for learning purposes at the moment
Regards
Owen
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/networking/05_atnc_dns.mspx
It's a simple little number that collects network card/TCP info from hosts. It gets hostname, ip, subnet and network card(s) names
I modified it to output to a text file by adding some code. As my employer uses lots of excel files I thought it would be neat to send the output to a formatted .CSV file which could be read in excel. However the default objOutputFile.Writeline behaviour is add lines and continue onto the next line. I want something that looks like
this for output in the .CSV file
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
Dell PC Realtek 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
Here is the current code;
--------------------------
On Error Resume Next
' Constants for FileSystemObject
Const FOR_READING = 1
Const FOR_WRITING = 2
Const FOR_APPENDING = 8
strFileOutput = "c:\Temp\IpInfo.csv"
' Create a Script Runtime FileSystemObject.
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.Fi
' Check to see if the output file exists. If so, open it for writing or appending.
' If not, create it and open it for writing.
If objFSO.FileExists(strFileO
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strFileOutput, FOR_WRITING)
Else
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strF
End If
If Err <> 0 Then
Wscript.Echo "Unable to open " & strFileOutput & " for output."
WScript.Quit
End If
' Write header for file. CUrrent date and header, and LINE space
objOutputFile.WriteLine "PC/Server Network Card & IP/Subnet Mask Info" & _
VbCrLf & "Taken " & Now & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & String(120, "-") & VbCrLf
'Create Headers for Host, NIC, IP and SubNet Mask
objOutputFile.Writeline "Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask"
arrComputers = Array("p4-right")
For Each strComputer In arrComputers
' Ping remote computer. If inaccessible, display error message.
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shel
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("ping -n 2 -w 1000 " & strComputer)
strPingResults = LCase(objScriptExec.StdOut
If InStr(strPingResults, "reply from") Then
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Host Name:," & VbCrLf & " " & strComputer
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=imper
' Test for success in binding to WMI.
If Err = 0 Then
Set colNicConfigs = objWMIService.ExecQuery("S
"Win32_NetworkAdapterConfi
'Echo to screen, or write to file
For Each objNicConfig In colNicConfigs
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Network Adapter " & objNicConfig.Index
objOutputFile.WriteLine " " & objNicConfig.Description & VbCrlF
objOutputFile.WriteLine "IP Address(es):"
For Each strIPAddress In objNicConfig.IPAddress
objOutputFile.WriteLine " " & strIPAddress
Next
objOutputFile.WriteLine "Subnet Mask(s):"
For Each strIPSubnet In objNicConfig.IPSubnet
objOutputFile.WriteLine " " & strIPSubnet
Next
Next
Else
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Error: Unable to connect to WMI." & VbCrLf & _
"Error Number: " & Err.Number & VbCrLf & _
"Error Source: " & Err.Source & VbCrLf & _
"Error Description: " & Err.Description
Err.Clear
End If
Else
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Host Name: " & strComputer & VbCrLf & _
" Unable to connect."
End If
Next
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Any help appreciated, it's nothing urgent as I'm just doing this for learning purposes at the moment
Regards
Owen
ASKER
thanks ! that worked great, now I want to get REALLY cute with the script, i want to write the COLUMN headers in this bit
objOutputFile.Writeline "Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask"
Just once is there an EZ way to do that?
objOutputFile.Writeline "Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask"
Just once is there an EZ way to do that?
I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean
could you explain (or maube give an example of how you want the file to look like)
Yotam
could you explain (or maube give an example of how you want the file to look like)
Yotam
ASKER
sure, right now the code;
objOutputFile.Writeline "Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask"
will write this EVERYTIME it runs through the .VBS scipt, so if i have multiple computer names in the section
arrComputers = Array("computername1, computername 2")
it will write the COLUMN HEADERS, Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask, for each entry, i just want them written once, so that I have one set of columns that I can use the EXCEL AUTO-FILTER data sort function on later, so the file would look like;
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
Dell PC Realtek 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
IBM PC Intel NIC 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
as opposed to ;
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
IBM PC Intel NIC 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
IBM PC2 Intel NIC 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
objOutputFile.Writeline "Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask"
will write this EVERYTIME it runs through the .VBS scipt, so if i have multiple computer names in the section
arrComputers = Array("computername1, computername 2")
it will write the COLUMN HEADERS, Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask, for each entry, i just want them written once, so that I have one set of columns that I can use the EXCEL AUTO-FILTER data sort function on later, so the file would look like;
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
Dell PC Realtek 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
IBM PC Intel NIC 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
as opposed to ;
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
IBM PC Intel NIC 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
HOST | NETWORK CARD | IP ADDR | SUBN MASK |
IBM PC2 Intel NIC 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
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thanks very much for everyone's help. I have so much to learn, but I love it. I checked again and it DOES work properly I think i Had forgot to delete the file before hand, how would I input the following .bat code in VB?
if exist output.csv del output.csv
?
thanks guys
if exist output.csv del output.csv
?
thanks guys
in your script you have an object called objFSO of type "Scripting.FileSystemObjec t"
this object has a FileExists method and a DeleteFile method
so ....
this object has a FileExists method and a DeleteFile method
so ....
ASKER
awesome i'll give that a shot
'here is your slightly mdified code
On Error Resume Next
' Constants for FileSystemObject
Const FOR_READING = 1
Const FOR_WRITING = 2
Const FOR_APPENDING = 8
strFileOutput = "c:\Temp\IpInfo.csv"
' Create a Script Runtime FileSystemObject.
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.Fi
' Check to see if the output file exists. If so, open it for writing or appending.
' If not, create it and open it for writing.
If objFSO.FileExists(strFileO
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strFileOutput, FOR_WRITING)
Else
Set objOutputFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strF
End If
If Err <> 0 Then
Wscript.Echo "Unable to open " & strFileOutput & " for output."
WScript.Quit
End If
' Write header for file. CUrrent date and header, and LINE space
objOutputFile.WriteLine "PC/Server Network Card & IP/Subnet Mask Info" & _
VbCrLf & "Taken " & Now & VbCrLf & VbCrLf & String(120, "-") & VbCrLf
'Create Headers for Host, NIC, IP and SubNet Mask
objOutputFile.Writeline "Host Name, Network Card, IP Address, Subnet Mask"
'arrComputers = Array("p4-right")
arrComputers = Array("tlv121")
For Each strComputer In arrComputers
' Ping remote computer. If inaccessible, display error message.
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shel
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("ping -n 2 -w 1000 " & strComputer)
strPingResults = LCase(objScriptExec.StdOut
If InStr(strPingResults, "reply from") Then
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=imper
' Test for success in binding to WMI.
If Err = 0 Then
Set colNicConfigs = objWMIService.ExecQuery("S
"Win32_NetworkAdapterConfi
'Echo to screen, or write to file
For Each objNicConfig In colNicConfigs
For Each strIPAddress In objNicConfig.IPAddress
objOutputFile.Write strComputer & ", (" & objNicConfig.Index & ") "& objNicConfig.Description & ", " & strIPAddress
Next
For Each strIPSubnet In objNicConfig.IPSubnet
objOutputFile.Write ", " & strIPSubnet
Next
objOutputFile.Write VbCrLf
Next
Else
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Error: Unable to connect to WMI." & VbCrLf & _
"Error Number: " & Err.Number & VbCrLf & _
"Error Source: " & Err.Source & VbCrLf & _
"Error Description: " & Err.Description
Err.Clear
End If
Else
objOutputFile.WriteLine VbCrLf & "Host Name: " & strComputer & VbCrLf & _
" Unable to connect."
End If
Next