wsh(Windows Scripting Host), Code: 80004005 Unspecified Error meaning?

Code: 80004005 Unspecified Error meaning?

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Walter Brisco #1 / 4	Code: 80004005 Unspecified Error meaning? I am EXTREMELY new to WSH. I downloaded WSH 2; I grabbed Redmond's documentation and was so impressed by its completeness that I bought Tim Hill's "Windows Script Host" book. I downloaded Tim's sample code and tried to run HelloWorld2.vbs. It failed with an "Unspecified Error" message. I upgraded from IE4 to IE5 to check the problem was not version incompatibility. I am running Windows 95 4.00.950C. I abstracted the relevant lines and show what happened below. Dim oIE, oIEDoc Set oIE = Wscript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") oIE.Navigate "about:blank" Set oIEDoc = oIE.Document :\>cscript try.vbs > t.t C:\try.vbs(4, 1) Unspecified error C:\> What does "Unspecified Error" mean? Am I right that I am missing messages from my system? From wscript, I get a cryptic "Code: 80004005" in the error box. How do I refresh the error texts in my system? What does the error mean? What is the workaround? I am sorry that my posting seems to be nothing but questions. I hate to have my path barred to this EXTREMELY useful technology. Before I started writing this, I had searched DejaNews without success for "Unspecified Error". I since searched for 80004005 and was pointed at http://www.--.com/ http://www.--.com/ suggests I may need to wait for IE to start. I introduced a 5 second sleep with a 'WScript.Sleep 5000' and I now have a working script. I have answered some of the questions I asked earlier. I would appreciate n explanation of the reason for the cryptic messages. I would also like a suggestion for a better fix. Something along the lines of 'oIE.action "Delay me until you are ready to work"' -- Walter Briscoe
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

#2 / 4	Code: 80004005 Unspecified Error meaning?
Fri, 19 Jun 1992 00:00:00 GMT

Mark L. Ferguso #3 / 4	Code: 80004005 Unspecified Error meaning? Dim oIE, oIEDoc Set oIE = Wscript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") oIE.Navigate "about:blank" oIEDoc = oIE.Document oIE.Visible=true Quote: > I am EXTREMELY new to WSH. I downloaded WSH 2; > I grabbed Redmond's documentation and was so impressed by its > completeness that I bought Tim Hill's "Windows Script Host" book. > I downloaded Tim's sample code and tried to run HelloWorld2.vbs. > It failed with an "Unspecified Error" message. > I upgraded from IE4 to IE5 to check the problem was not version > incompatibility. I am running Windows 95 4.00.950C. > I abstracted the relevant lines and show what happened below. > Dim oIE, oIEDoc > Set oIE = Wscript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") > oIE.Navigate "about:blank" > Set oIEDoc = oIE.Document > :\>cscript try.vbs > t.t > C:\try.vbs(4, 1) Unspecified error > C:\> > What does "Unspecified Error" mean? > Am I right that I am missing messages from my system? > From wscript, I get a cryptic "Code: 80004005" in the error box. > How do I refresh the error texts in my system? > What does the error mean? > What is the workaround? > I am sorry that my posting seems to be nothing but questions. > I hate to have my path barred to this EXTREMELY useful technology. > Before I started writing this, I had searched DejaNews without success > for "Unspecified Error". I since searched for 80004005 and was pointed > at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q183/0/60.asp > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q157/1/04.asp > suggests I may need to wait for IE to start. > I introduced a 5 second sleep with a 'WScript.Sleep 5000' and I now have > a working script. > I have answered some of the questions I asked earlier. > I would appreciate n explanation of the reason for the cryptic messages. > I would also like a suggestion for a better fix. Something along the > lines of 'oIE.action "Delay me until you are ready to work"' > -- > Walter Briscoe
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Michael Harri #4 / 4	Code: 80004005 Unspecified Error meaning? You need to give IE a chance to create the DOM and the document object. Dim oIE, oIEDoc Set oIE = Wscript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") oIE.Navigate "about:blank" While oIE.busy: wend Set oIEDoc = oIE.Document -- Michael Harris MVP Scripting I am EXTREMELY new to WSH. I downloaded WSH 2; I grabbed Redmond's documentation and was so impressed by its completeness that I bought Tim Hill's "Windows Script Host" book. I downloaded Tim's sample code and tried to run HelloWorld2.vbs. It failed with an "Unspecified Error" message. I upgraded from IE4 to IE5 to check the problem was not version incompatibility. I am running Windows 95 4.00.950C. I abstracted the relevant lines and show what happened below. Dim oIE, oIEDoc Set oIE = Wscript.CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") oIE.Navigate "about:blank" Set oIEDoc = oIE.Document :\>cscript try.vbs > t.t C:\try.vbs(4, 1) Unspecified error C:\> What does "Unspecified Error" mean? Am I right that I am missing messages from my system? From wscript, I get a cryptic "Code: 80004005" in the error box. How do I refresh the error texts in my system? What does the error mean? What is the workaround? I am sorry that my posting seems to be nothing but questions. I hate to have my path barred to this EXTREMELY useful technology. Before I started writing this, I had searched DejaNews without success for "Unspecified Error". I since searched for 80004005 and was pointed at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q183/0/60.asp http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q157/1/04.asp suggests I may need to wait for IE to start. I introduced a 5 second sleep with a 'WScript.Sleep 5000' and I now have a working script. I have answered some of the questions I asked earlier. I would appreciate n explanation of the reason for the cryptic messages. I would also like a suggestion for a better fix. Something along the lines of 'oIE.action "Delay me until you are ready to work"' -- Walter Briscoe
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 03:00:00 GMT

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