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Get Keyboard Info Report to File (VBScript)

Queries Win32_Keyboard via WMI and writes Keyboard Info to a timestamped text file, handy for scheduled logon/logoff scripts.

By WindowsScripting.com · 1.2 KB
GetKeyboardReportToFile.vbs
' ============================================================
' GetKeyboardReportToFile.vbs
'
' Reports Keyboard Info via WMI (Win32_Keyboard) and writes the results to a
' timestamped text file next to this script.
'
' Usage: cscript GetKeyboardReportToFile.vbs
' ============================================================

Option Explicit

Dim objWMIService, colItems, objItem
Dim objFSO, objFile, strOutPath, itemCount

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT Description, Layout, NumberOfFunctionKeys FROM Win32_Keyboard")

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strOutPath = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) & "\keyboard-report_" & _
             Replace(FormatDateTime(Now, 2), "/", "-") & ".txt"
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strOutPath, True)

itemCount = 0
For Each objItem In colItems
        objFile.WriteLine "Description: " & objItem.Description
        objFile.WriteLine "Layout: " & objItem.Layout
        objFile.WriteLine "NumberOfFunctionKeys: " & objItem.NumberOfFunctionKeys
        objFile.WriteLine String(40, "-")
        itemCount = itemCount + 1
Next

objFile.Close

WScript.Echo itemCount & " Keyboard Info written to: " & strOutPath