Command line to synchronize briefcase?

David Trimboli

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Apr 11, 2006, 11:45:48 AM4/11/06

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To temporarily deal with a network slowness issue, we've set up a user
with a briefcase to work locally, and to synchronize with his network
files when he's done. (We're not using Offline Files because he's not
actually going offline.)

I thought it would help if I could find a way to synchronize the
briefcase automatically, either as a logon and logoff script or as a
Scheduled Task. Some searching on the Internet leaves me little hope
that there is a way to do this: others have asked, but I have found no
responses.

Does anyone here know of a way to script the synchronization of a
briefcase?

David
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David Candy

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Apr 11, 2006, 12:12:36 PM4/11/06

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I can tell you the command line for the first dialog you can see. But that seems to be it. A briefcase is a ordinary folder with two files in it.

This code can do it. As it is it enumerates every command. For me Update All is 2. So
' objItemVerbs.item(2).doit

will do it if you run the rest of the code. There may be a simplier way - see underneath this way (I'll let you experiment).

set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
set objFolder2 = objShell.Namespace("C:\Documents and Settings\David Candy\Desktop\New Folder")
set objFolderItem = objFolder2.Self
set objItemVerbs = objFolderItem.Verbs

For i = 0 to objItemVerbs.count -1
A=objItemVerbs.item(i)
msgbox A & vbcrlf & i
' objItemVerbs.item(i).doit
i = i + 1
Next

Or Try these two ways

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set MyComp=objShell.NameSpace(17)
Set CD=MyComp.ParseName("E:\")
Set Context=CD.Verbs
CD.InvokeVerb "E&ject"

'This line on are comments only
'Note if a letter is underlined you must insert an ampersand before it.
'Normally only the first line and the line below is needed for most verbs. Eject is different.
'objshell.ShellExecute "e:" ,,,"E&ject"
'object.ShellExecute(sFile [,vArguments] [,vDirectory] [,vOperation] [,vShow])

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David Candy

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Apr 15, 2006, 11:43:52 AM4/15/06

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Guess I wasted my time with this dickwad.

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Al Dunbar [MS-MVP]

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Apr 16, 2006, 1:30:07 AM4/16/06

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Maybe not. Maybe he just forgot to thank you...

/Al

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David Trimboli

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Apr 18, 2006, 2:13:59 PM4/18/06

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!!

Or maybe I was out sick and haven't had a chance to try anything
out...

David
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David Trimboli

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Apr 18, 2006, 2:40:20 PM4/18/06

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Okay, I see what this is doing now (I'm not very famliar with the
Shell object). Strangely, it's not coming up with Update All as any of
the verbs items when run against a briefcase.

David
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David Candy

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Apr 19, 2006, 4:09:42 AM4/19/06

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I changed Msgbox to wscript.echo

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>cscript "C:\Documents and Settings\sktop\New Text Document ().vbs"
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved

&Open
0
&Update All
2
Cu&t
4
Create &Shortcut
6
Rena&me
8

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David Candy

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Apr 19, 2006, 5:17:45 AM4/19/06

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Choosing verbs this way crashes scripts on some objects. So testing is needed for each case.,

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David Trimboli

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Apr 19, 2006, 9:41:13 AM4/19/06

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Let me show you what I get. I created a new briefcase on my desktop,
opened it, dragged a new text file from My Documents into the
briefcase, then closed it. The script is on the desktop and called
listcommands.vbs, and has appropriate paths changed. Then I did this:

=============================
C>dir "New Briefcase"
Volume in drive C is Windows XP
Volume Serial Number is F834-F0D1

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\trimboli\Desktop\New Briefcase

04/19/2006 09:36 AM <DIR> .
04/19/2006 09:36 AM <DIR> ..
04/18/2006 09:40 AM 0 New Text Document.txt
1 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 13,726,842,880 bytes free

C>listcommands
&Open
0
Scan with Sophos Anti-&Virus
2
Add to &Zip
4
Cu&t
6
Create &Shortcut
8
Rena&me
10

C>
============================

Somehow, I don't have Update All as an option this way, although the
briefcase is functioning normally.

David
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David Candy

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Apr 19, 2006, 7:25:22 PM4/19/06

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What does your right click menu says.

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David Candy

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Apr 19, 2006, 8:28:23 PM4/19/06

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There is an error in the code where it does just even numbers. Delete the line i=i+1 as that was left over from another control structure that used to be there.

As you can see your AV program makes it a different verb to me.

set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")

set objFolder2 = objShell.Namespace("C:\Documents and Settings\David Candy\Desktop\New Briefcase")

set objFolderItem = objFolder2.Self
set objItemVerbs = objFolderItem.Verbs

For i = 0 to objItemVerbs.count -1
A=objItemVerbs.item(i)

wscript.echo A & vbcrlf & i
' objItemVerbs.item(i).doit
Next
======================================
To use the code sunstitute below for above (which lists verbs)
======================================

For i = 0 to objItemVerbs.count -1
A=objItemVerbs.item(i)

If A = "&Update All" then
objItemVerbs.item(i).doit
Exit For
End If
Next

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David Trimboli

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Apr 20, 2006, 11:21:22 AM4/20/06

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Ah, now that's the key, isn't it? I just checked, and Update All
doesn't appear in the briefcase's context menu! So naturally, this
approach won't show a verb for Update All.

I just checked on other computers and operating systems (98, NT, 2000
on other computers, XP on Virtual PC), and the briefcase context menu
does display Update All. This is obviously a problem with my computer
or, more likely, some piece of software I have installed. I can get
around this by working on the virtual machine.

Thanks for the lead into the Shell object and verbs.

David
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