Immediate Script Command Help

[JimSpy]

Hello,

Can someone advise why this simple immediate script command....

&INTR=HS.PING(8.8.8.8);HS.WRITELOG("Internet","STATUS="& INTR)

...yields this error:

Mar-24 6:05:34 PM

Error

Running script(2) &INTR=HS.PING(8.8.8.8);HS.WRITELOG("Internet","STATUS="& INTR), init error: Expected ')'

Where does it expect another ) ?

[mterry63]

There is a lot going on there. I'm not sure you can declare and use a variable in an immediate script command. I also think the separator between commands is ":" for both vbscript and vb.net. Also, hs.ping takes a string as a parameter so 8.8.8.8 likely is being cast as an something else. HS Ping also returns 1 or 0, so your log even if this works will say STATUS=1 or STATUS=0.

FWIW, this executes OK - &HS.WRITELOG("Internet","STATUS=" & HS.PING("8.8.8.8"))

Mar-24 8:44:06 PM Internet STATUS=0
Mar-24 8:44:06 PM System Control Panel Immediate Script: &HS.WRITELOG("Internet","STATUS=" & HS.PING("8.8.8.8"))

This immediate command will give you "Status=OK" or "Status=Ping Failed"

&nHS.WRITELOG("Internet","STATUS=" & IF(HS.PING("8.8.8.8") = 0, "OK", "Ping Failed"))

Mar-24 8:53:54 PM Internet STATUS=Ping Failed
Mar-24 8:53:54 PM System Control Panel Immediate Script: &nHS.WRITELOG("Internet","STATUS=" & IF(HS.PING("8.8.8.254") = 0, "OK", "Ping Failed"))
Mar-24 8:53:28 PM Internet STATUS=OK
Mar-24 8:53:28 PM System Control Panel Immediate Script: &nHS.WRITELOG("Internet","STATUS=" & IF(HS.PING("8.8.8.8") = 0, "OK", "Ping Failed"))

[AshaiRey]

Shouldn't this be a : instead of a ; when using multiple commands on one line?
PING(8.8.8.8) -> ; <- HS.WRITELOG

[JimSpy]

Well, golly, other than all THAT, it's OK, right?

I can't remember where I got this, it's someone else's coding, I just thought I could cram it into an immediate. I'll try your suggestions, and thanks for the input.