how to display a message in console window?

[thinktwice]

<package>
<job id="js">
<script language="JScri pt">
var WshNetwork = WScript.CreateO bject("WScript. Network");
var oDrives = WshNetwork.Enum NetworkDrives() ;
var oPrinters = WshNetwork.Enum PrinterConnecti ons();
WScript.Echo("D omain = " + WshNetwork.User Domain);
WScript.Echo("C omputer Name = " + WshNetwork.Comp uterName);
WScript.Echo("U ser Name = " + WshNetwork.User Name);
WScript.Echo();
WScript.Echo("N etwork drive mappings:");
for(i=0; i<oDrives.Count (); i+=2){
WScript.Echo("D rive " + oDrives.Item(i) + " = " +
oDrives.Item(i+ 1));
}
WScript.Echo();
WScript.Echo("N etwork printer mappings:");
for(i=0; i<oPrinters.Cou nt(); i+=2){
WScript.Echo("P ort " + oPrinters.Item( i) + " = " +
oPrinters.Item( i+1));
}
</script>
</job>
</package>

find an example in msdn, but it displays the message in messagebox not
in console window

[Richard Cornford]

thinktwice wrote:

<package>
<job id="js">
<script language="JScri pt"> <snip> </script>
</job>
</package>

find an example in msdn, but it displays the message in
messagebox not in console window

Are you running it with WScript.exe or CScript.exe? CScript.exe should
echo to the console window.

Richard.

[thinktwice]

i call it in bat file,
like this :
cmd CScript /k C:\test.wsf

[DoomedLung]

I'm kinda intermediate with Javascript, what is this type of syntax
referencing to?

[Richard Cornford]

thinktwice wrote:

i call it in bat file,
like this :
cmd CScript /k C:\test.wsf

The - cmd - command starts another instance of the command interpreter
process, but it does not open a console window for that process. If it
did open a new console window then it would be to that window that echo
would write, but as there is no console window popping up message boxes
is probably what Microsoft see as the best alternative (especially given
that CScript has a switch to turn off message output for batch file
use).

If you execute:-

CScript C:\test.wsf

- in a batch file (or literally in the console window) echo does write
to that window.

Richard.

[thinktwice]

thanks Richard, it works