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Convert .vbs that utilizes WMI into an AutoIT script


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Guys, I have used AutoIT for a long time now, although I have the task of either A. executing the .vbs script with an AutoIT application, or taking the code out of the .vbs and placing it into the actual AutoIT application. Luckly, everything the .vbs does is done within WMI. It queries all the networked printers then deletes them from the machine. Not local printers, but network printers. Here is the .vbs code. How can I script this code to execute within the AutoIT application instead of launching the .vbs file?

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colInstalledPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_Printer Where Network = True")
For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters
    objPrinter.Delete_
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-edit* link only grabbed default so brewmans grabbing all Network objects is a better option.

Edited by boththose

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Luckily VBScript and AutoIt are very similar, there's very little conversion required.

$strComputer = "."
Global $objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:" & $strComputer & "rootcimv2")
Global $colInstalledPrinters = $objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_Printer Where Network = True")
For $objPrinter in $colInstalledPrinters
    $objPrinter.Delete_
Next

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