Scriptomatic 20文档格式.docx

Scriptomatic 20文档格式.docx

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Isee….”DidanyoneeversaytothePharaohCheops,“Well,it’sagoodpyramid,Cheops,butIdon’tknowaboutagreatpyramid….”Ofcoursetheydidn’t.

Well,notiftheyknewwhatwasgoodforthem,anyway.

Todayit’sabitdifferent:

notonlyarepeoplenotoriouslyhardtoplease,butevenifyoudohaveasuccessthere’snoguaranteethatanyonewillbesatisfied.Afterall,nothingisworsethanbeinglabeledaone-trickpony,aone-hitwonder,oraflash-in-the-pan.WerememberWilliamShakespeare,butonlybecausehewrotehundredsofplaysandsonnets.WhorememberstherockduoMouthandMcNeal?

Nobody.Andthat’sbecauseMouthandMcNealhadonehitsong,andthenwereneverheardfromagain.StephenKingwillberememberedforeverbecauseofhisprolificproductivity,butdoesanyoneouttherehavetheslightestideawhowrotetheEpicofGilgamesh?

Well,OK,itprobablywasStephenKing.Thenwhatabout–right,heprobablywrotethat,too.Butyouknowwhatwemean.

Now,tobehonest,weMicrosoftScriptingGuyswerenevertooconcernedaboutbeingone-hitwonders;

afterall,youcan’tbeaone-hitwonderunlessyoufirsthaveahit.Weweresurenobodywouldeverhearofus,andsomehowthatseemedbetterthanbeingrememberedandthenjustasquicklyforgotten.Rememberbaseball’sJoltin’JoeCharboneau?

Exactly.

Butthenwemadeaterriblemistake:

wereleasedtheoriginalScriptomatic–theamazingutilitythatactuallywroteWMIscriptsforyou–anditturnedouttobeahit.Thatwasnotintentional,bytheway.TheScriptomaticwasoriginallythrowntogetherwhenoneoftheScriptingGuyswaslookingforasocko-boffoendingforaWMIpresentationhehadtomakeforaninternalMicrosoftaudience.Literallyminutesbeforethepresentationwastobegin,hecreatedsomethingcalledtheScriptomatic,anHTA（HTMLApplication）thatcouldwriterudimentaryWMIscripts.Heshowedoffhisnewcreationattheendofthetalk,andtheresponsewasbothoverwhelmingandunanimous;

asnotedintheofficialannalsoftheScriptingGuys,everyoneintheroomstoodupasoneandsaid,“Canwegonow?

”Notthemostauspiciousdebutapieceofsoftwarehaseverhad,thoughitprobablystilltopsthereceptionaccordedMicrosoftBob.

Note.Ifyou’reaMicrosoftemployeewholikedMicrosoftBob,we’rejustkidding.Infact,someofourbestfriendsusedMicrosoftBob.

Well,atleastwethinktheydid.It’shardtogetpeopletoadmittosomethinglikethat.

Butbacktoourstory.Asitturnedout,somethingweirdhappenedwhenwereleasedthatsameScriptomaticonM:

itbecameahit,oratleastasclosetobeingahitasanyscripting-relatedutilitywillevercome.Asoftoday,theScriptomatichasbeendownloadedbynearly500,000people,anumberwhichwarmsthecocklesofourhearts,andalsomakesuswonderwhywedidn’tchargepeople$1perdownload.

ButwhileitwasgreatthateveryonefoundtheScriptomaticuseful,itsunexpectedsuccessputusinthepositionofbeingthecomputerworldequivalenttoDexy’sMidnightRunners.Nowwehadtocreateafollow-upsuccessofsomekind.Butwhat?

TheBeatlesdidn’thavetoworryaboutbeingone-hitwondersbecausetheywerereallygoodatwhattheydid.ErnestHemingwaydidn’thavetoworryaboutbeinglabeledaflash-in-the-pan;

afterall,hewasgoodatwhathedid.ButwheredidthatleavetheMicrosoftScriptingGuys?

Thatwassomethingweponderedlongandhard,formany,manymonths,andwithoutmuchsuccess.Notforlackoftrying,mindyou,buttobehonest,mostofoureffortswerefornaught.Inretrospect,readingallourscriptsoutloudandrecordingthemontoanMP3playerwecalledthescriptPodmightnothavebeensuchagoodideaafterall.（Ofcourse,itprobablywouldhavehelpedhadwerememberedtoputaPlaybuttononthescriptPod.AndmaybeweshouldhavetakentherockgroupU2upontheirofferafterall.）

Likewise,weprobablyshouldhavetestedthewaterswithasingleScriptbucksratherthanblithelyopeningachainofcoffeehousesacrossthecountry,allofthemservingscript-flavoredlattes.（Inourdefense,anumberofpeoplehavetoldusthattheADSIMochaFudgeDelightwasn’tthatbadaslongasyouaddedsugarandcinnamon,stirredwell,spritzedalittlewhippedcreamontop,andthenpouredthewholethingdownthedrainwithoutdrinkingit.Asanaddedbonus,itcouldunclogthatdraininnotime!

）

Andwhilewehaven’tgivenuponourrealityTVshow,TheScriptingLife,wearehavingproblemsgettingeitherParisHiltonorNicoleRitchietoreturnourcalls.（Andthankstovariouscourtorders,injunctions,andrestrainingorders,we’renolongerallowedtocontactthem.）Comingupwithafollow-upsuccessturnedouttobemuchharderthanweexpected.

Butthenoneday,inspirationstruck.Itoccurredtousthat,insteadofcopyingsomeoneelse’sideas,weshoulddowhatwedobest.Andwhilewedon’tdoverymanythingswellatall,therewasonethingthatweweregoodat:

writingScriptomatics.Therefore,thesolutiontoourproblemwasobvious:

ifwehadahitwithoneScriptomatic,thenlogicallywe’dhaveanevenbiggerhitifwereleasedanotherScriptomatic.ItwouldbejustliketheStarWarstrilogy,onlywithscriptsinsteadoflightsabers.

Actually,ouroriginalplanwastoemulatetheCoca-Colacompany,whichafewyearsbackreleasedNewCoke,aproductthatmetwithalmostuniversaldisdain.Needlesstosay,thingslookedgrim,butthensomeunsunggeniusatCocaColahadabrainstorm:

theysuggestedthatthecompanydonothingmorethanbringbacktheoldCoke,nowchristenedClassicCoke.Andguesswhat?

Itwasahugesuccess!

Wefigured,OK,we’lldothesamething.We’llwriteapieceofsoftwarethatnobodylikesandreleaseitasNewScriptomatic.We’llletpeoplegrumbleandcomplainforawhile,andthenwe’llbringbacktheoldScriptomatic（orClassicScriptomatic）andeveryonewillloveit!

We’llbeheroes,and–bestofall–wewon’thavetodoanywork.

Intheend,though,wedecidedtocreateabrandnewversionoftheScripotmatic,onethatactuallyworked:

Scriptomatic2.0.Andtocelebratethereleaseofthisnewutility,wedecidedtoholdamake-believepressconference.Here’sthetranscriptfromthatpressconference:

Question:

Sowhat’ssogreataboutScriptomatic2.0?

Answer:

What’sgreataboutScriptomatic2.0….

Couldyouspeakintothemicrophoneplease?

Oh,sorry;

wedon’tdomanypressconferences.What’sgreataboutScriptomatic2.0isthatitnotonlyfixessomeproblemsinherentinScriptomatic1.0,butitalsointroducessomereallycoolnewfeatures.

TherewereproblemswithScriptomatic1.0?

No,ofcoursenot.It’sjustthat,forexample,oneofthe…features…ofScriptomatic1.0wasthewayithandledpropertiesthatwerestoredasarrays:

itjustignoredthem.AnotherfeaturewasthewayScriptomatic1.0dealtwithdatesandtimes:

itdisplayedtheminUTCformat,soyougotoutputlike20040930083722.000000-480.InScriptomatic2.0,these…features…havebeenchanged.Scriptomatic2.0nowhandlesarrayswithoutanyproblem,andnowdisplaysdatesandtimesas,well,datesandtimes.

Wow,thatalonemakesScriptomatic2.0aworthysuccessortotheoriginal.

Youknow,that’swhatwethought,too.Butourmanagersdecidedwewerejustbeinglazy,andsotheymadeusgobackandaddabunchofotherfeaturestoScriptomatic2.0aswell.

Really?

Whatkindoffeatures?

Oh,therearesomanyofthemit’shardtoknowwheretobegin.Butherearesomeofthehighlights:

∙Scriptomatic2.0nowworkswithalltheWMInamespacesonyourcomputer.Theoldversiononlyworkedwiththeroot\cimv2namespace.ThatwasfineforWindows2000computers,butjustdidn’tcutitwithWindowsXPorWindowsServer2003computers.

∙Scriptomatic1.0gaveyouabare-bonesenvironmentforrunningscripts:

allyoucoulddowasclickabuttonandrunthescriptinacommandwindow,displayingthereturneddataonscreen.YoucanstilldothatwithScriptomatic2.0;

however,whenrunningthescriptyoualsohaveoptionsforsavingreturneddataasatextfile,savingitasanExcelfile（incomma-delimitedformat）,orsavingthereturneddataasanHTMLorXMLfile.

∙Scriptomatic1.0letyouwritescriptsthatranagainstonlyasinglecomputer.

Butwhatifyouwantedtorunthatscriptagainstmultiplecomputers?

Well,weweregettingtothat:

youcouldn’trunthescriptagainstmultiplecomputers,atleastnotwithoutre-writingthething.Butthat’snotthecasewithScriptomatic2.0.WithScriptomatic2.0,youcanenterabunchofcomputernames（asacomma-separatedlist,orbyloadingthenamesinfromatextfile）,andthenewScriptomaticwillautomaticallywriteyouascriptthatrunsagainstallthosemachines.

That’sprettycool.

Weliketothinkso.Afterall,couldyouwriteascriptlikethatusingClassicCoke?

Well,OK,maybeifyoudiditthatway.Butmostpeopledon’tknowaboutthat.

SoisthismultiplecomputerthingthebestnewfeatureofScriptomatic2.0?

Oh,byfar.ButbyfarthebestnewfeatureofScriptomatic2.0isthefactthattheScriptomaticnowspeaksmultiplelanguages.WithClassicScriptomaticyoucouldwriteascriptthatusedanyscriptinglanguage