i've got this line at the beginning of my script. not quite sure what it
does, but from what i can tell i need to have it, so it's there.

    Set wshshell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

then i've got this code. 2 issues here

    if bld="62600.0000" then goto PATCH
    else if bld<"62600.0000" then wshShell.run ("\\server\share\ie
6\flat\win32\en\ie6setup.exe /q", 1, True)
    end if

as is, the code bombs out at the G in goto with an "expected statement"
error. i'm so pathetic at coding, i can't even use a goto statement.

so then i modified the code to skip the goto

    if bld<"62600.0000" then wshShell.run ("\\server\share\ie
6\flat\win32\en\ie6setup.exe /q", 1, True)
    end if

this bombs out and says i can't use paraentheses when calling a sub. i found
documentation for the wshShell.run command and it uses paraentheses - ????

any/all help is greatly appriciated. TIA.

-murph

That is because script engine figures you are calling a sub. Either take out parentheses or state it like: success  =  wshShell.run ("\\server\share\ie6\flat\win32\en\ie6setup.exe /q", 1, True).

As for the goto, create a sub, or function (if you want to return a result).  And use it as:

bld = "62600.0000"
If not bld = "62600.0000" then
    wshShell.run "\\server\share\ie6\flat\win32\en\ie6setup.exe /q", 1, True
Else: Call Patch (Param_if any)
End If
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Function Patch(Param_if any)
..........
..........
End Function