Pass variables to a Windows Scripting Host file

I (Steve Schofield) was recently was working on how to pass command line variables to a VBS file.  This article shows how to pass user-defined parameters to a Windows Scripting Host file from a command line.

Example of what would be typed at the command line

In the command line this needs to start with wscript (VBScript interpreter) or cscript (JScript compiler).  Filename.vbs (Name of the file.  VBS and JS can be the extensions) and separated by spaces parameter1, parameter2 etc.  Make sure the parameters have spaces between them. 

Retrieve parameters from File

Using the Args statement helps retrieve the space delimited array of parameters that were executed in the command line. 

Dim ArgObj, var1, var2
Set ArgObj = WScript.Arguments

'First parameter
var1 = ArgObj(0)
'Second parameter
var2 = ArgObj(1)
msgbox "Variable 1=" & var1 & " Variable 2=" & var2

'Clear object out of memory
set ArgObj = Nothing

Batch file to execute file

Either a .bat or .cmd file can be used to execute the file.  Another technique would be to use Windows Task Scheduler to schedule this file to be executed on a timed basis.

mybatchfile.cmd

wscript filename.vbs Parameter1 Parameter2