Obtain User Input from the command prompt or retrieve (screen scrape) text from the output of a program.
Syntax
.StdOut.ReadLine()
Examples
' Read a single line into a variable
Dim strMyName
WScript.StdOut.Write("Enter Your full Name>")
WScript.StdIn.Read(0)
strMyName = WScript.StdIn.ReadLine()
WScript.StdOut.Write(strMyName)
' Read program output into a variable line by line
Dim ObjExec
Dim strFromProc
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set ObjExec = objShell.Exec("cmd.exe /c dir")
Do
strFromProc = ObjExec.StdOut.ReadLine()
WScript.Echo "ABC " & strFromProc & " DEF"
Loop While Not ObjExec.Stdout.atEndOfStream
“The unexamined life is not worth living” ~ Socrates
Related:
InputBox - Prompt for user input
.StdOut.Write - Text output
Equivalent PowerShell cmdlet: Read-Host - Read a line of input from the host console