Handling virtual machine events from VBScript

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A couple of weeks ago, I posted a sample script to handle Virtual Server events (here: https://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/11/03/488301.aspx). Well today I have a slightly different script that shows you how to get events for a specific virtual machine:

Option Explicit

Dim vs, vm, alive

'Jump to the main routine

main()

'================================================================'

sub keepAlive()

' This subroutine makes sure that the script hangs around in order
' to capture any server events

On Error Resume Next

while (alive = 1)
WScript.Sleep(500)
wend

end sub

'================================================================'

Sub vm_OnStateChange(vmState)

 wscript.echo vmState

 alive = 0

end sub

'================================================================'

sub main()

alive = 1

Set vs = WScript.CreateObject( "VirtualServer.Application" )

set vm = vs.FindVirtualMachine("My Test Virtual Machine")

WScript.ConnectObject vm, "vm_"

keepAlive()

end sub

'================================================================'

As you can see - it is mostly the same - except for the fact that I create the connection with the virtual machine instance, rather than the Virtual Server instance.

Cheers,
Ben