 FastTrack Scripting Host is a scripting language designed primarily for scripting Windows network environments. While Microsoft moves scripting more and more towards programming, FastTrack Scripting Host heads in the opposite direction. FastTrack Scripting Host is a scripting language, but it is so high-level and easy to use that it resembles configuration more than programming.
Our cornerstone paradigm is: One operation - one script line.
In the real world, the Systems Administrator has little time to learn new technologies. FastTrack Scripting Host allows you to complete your scripting tasks in much less time. FastTrack Scripting Host (FSH) is more than a slick, easy-to-use Script Editor. We have been asking our Customers (typically Admin-types) to identify their “pain areas”.
The result is a growing library of built-in Solution Tools designed specifically to address many of those areas.
All are built-into FSH at no extra charge, while some are
also available as standalone executables. Using SCCM?
FastTrack Scripting Host is the "must-have" complementary tool to SCCM. Click here to read more >> | An intuitive GUI, with syntax-highlighting and code-completion make Scripting a breeze. Examples of the many built-in Commands/Conditions include: - Splash (shows a splash screen):
Splash Welcome to the company network, [UserFullName] - ProgressTo (show a moving progress bar): ProgressTo 100, 60 (to 100% in 60 secs)
- Menu function:
[Menu Window Label, Documents|Option1, Config|Option2, Software|Option3] - RegisterInstallation (custom register an installation in registry):
RegisterInstallation MS Office, 2007, 1 - Installed condition (check if something is installed):
If Installed MS Office Then ... - Ability to encrypt passwords and entire scripts:
For the latter, install your public & private keys, then simply select the Encrypted Editor Property to True or False.
Anne Grubb comments on FSH in Windows IT Pro
"... scripting editor offerings fall within a spectrum comprising at one end lightweight products... to higher-end products such as FastTrack Software's FastTrack Scripting Host, which offer a fuller complement of editing capabilities plus other features." Click here to read the full article >> | 
