Archived News from Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages, 2013 Q3

September 17, 2013	• Michael Rodby suggested to add `NSLOOKUP` to my Short command line tips page. Used in a batch file to set a variable with the IP address, it is hardly simpler than `PING`, but used "interactively" it has its advantages. Do note that while `PING` uses several protocols to resolve a host name, `NSLOOKUP` uses DNS only and may fail to find computers on home networks without DNS server. Thanks Michael
September 1, 2013	• Stefan Ozminski's SetConsole program simplifies hiding console windows, changing its size, position, focus and even its font! The number of features is truly overwhelming; it may require several days of experimenting to try them all. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Thanks Stefan
July 17, 2013	• UpdateCheck.vbs has been updated: with the `/All` switch, if one of the listed programs failed a version test, the script would abort with an error message; the updated version will still display an error message but then continue a bug was fixed: the script now correctly opens the download URL instead of the version check URL

News Archives 2013 Q3