WinBatch can be used in the enterprise but I wouldn't suggest it. Powershell can do anything WinBatch can do, so just use that!
I really doubt that company would use WinBatch if they were evaluating products today instead of fifteen years ago. On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Ratliff <dratl...@humana.com> wrote: > Good info Ryan, thanks. > > > > I got into it with a tech here who says WinBatch is perfectly suitable to > use for some IT developed apps that go on all workstations. I was arguing > otherwise, primarily around the issues of required .DLLs and that they are > dropping them in c:\windows. I didn’t really think WinBatch was enterprise > suitable, but it honestly sounds like it can be. > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Ryan > *Sent:* Friday, May 30, 2014 11:13 AM > *To:* scripting@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* Re: [scripting] To WinBatch or not? > > > > I worked for a Fortune 500 company that required all apps be wrapped in a > WinBatch script and that script was what ConfigMgr used. Their positives > with WinBatch: > > > > 1) It's a small company so they have more pull at getting bugs and > features fixed / added > > 2) It's not easy to learn, so it makes it difficult to send that work to > their consulting firm in India who has high turnover > > 3) They already invested in it, and all their packagers knew it, so why > not? > > > > I kept trying to get them to switch to Powershell, but left before I > could. I highly doubt they would have switched, but I was going to keep > trying as long as I worked there! This was less than a year ago. > > > > In terms of using WinBatch as an install wrapper, I always found features > I needed. I don't know how well it would work to do other tasks > administrators need to do, but it works well to simply install something. > It can get pretty complex though. With all the logging and standards this > company required, a simple MSI install script had a few hundred lines of > code. > > > > Why did you search online to see what people think of WinBatch? Slow > Friday? > > > > > > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Daniel Ratliff <dratl...@humana.com> > wrote: > > I have always had a low opinion of winbatch. I kind of thought of it as a > ‘toy’ scripting language, much like AutoIT. It has its place, but should > not be used for critical applications and automation needs. I decided to > search online today and WOW, it seems I am the only one who thinks this? > > > > Thoughts? > > > > *Daniel Ratliff* > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed > and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this > material/information in error, > please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. > > > > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed > and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this > material/information in error, > please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information. > >
