Stuck on trying to get "Today" into case statement; by a scripting newbie.

[ewkearns]

OK, I am trying to get today's date and put it into either an enumeration or a string... anything I can use in a Case statement. My constant failure is at:

Running script C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\scripts\test.vb :Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.Public member 'DayOfWeek' on type 'hsapplication' not found.

Can anyone give me some instruction, I'm trying to learn scripting, but it is like drinking from a firehose when starting out.

SandieWorks.vb.txt

[rmasonjr]

For some reason, it thinks DayOfWeek is a member of hsapplication...

Try putting System. in front of each Case statement:
System.DayOfWeek.Monday
instead of
DayOfWeek.Monday

[ewkearns]

For some reason, it thinks DayOfWeek is a member of hsapplication...

THANK YOU! There is a DayOfWeek in HS3 scripting, but is so poorly documented, I never really could figure out exactly what it did or how to use it. No examples, either. It never seemed to do anything but throw errors. Pointing to "System." got things pointed in the right direction.

Try putting System. in front of each Case statement:
System.DayOfWeek.Monday
instead of
DayOfWeek.Monday

OK, so that worked perfectly, but only when I put it into a new file. I then built the "new file" into the old file by copying and pasting step by step. When I was through, the new file and old file seemed identical, but the old file never "finished," when executed. but didn't throw any errors, either. I copied the "new file" over the old file and everything works fine. I sure wish I knew what went wrong, because this is beginning to feel more like art than science. Thank you very much for your help....

[rmasonjr]

No worries - we've all been there!

[JimSpy]

Trying to drink from a fire hose.....I like that. Stealing.