Echo a text string to the screen (cscript) or a dialogue box (wscript)
Syntax
WScript.Echo [Arg1] [,Arg2] [,Arg3] ...
Key
Arg1, Arg2, Arg3... Optional string values to be displayed.
If no arguments are provided a
blank line is output.
Echo is a wscript method.
Examples
WScript.Echo "Hello"
WScript.Echo
Set objNet = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WScript.Echo "Your Computer Name is " & objNet.ComputerName
WScript.Echo "Your Username is " & objNet.UserName
An alternative is to use Active Directory:
Set objAD = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
Wscript.Echo "Your Computer Name is " & objAD.ComputerName
Wscript.Echo "Your Username is " & objAD.UserName
ECHO can be suppressed by setting .Interactive to false
e.g.
WScript.Echo("Hello")
WScript.Interactive = false
WScript.Echo("This wont display")
WScript.Interactive = true
WScript.Echo("This will display")
“Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music" ~ Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Inc, 1989
Related:
Echo, popup - .Popup
Echo text to screen or file - StdOut.Write
Equivalent Windows CMD command: ECHO - Display message on screen
Equivalent PowerShell cmdlet: Write-Host