IP to Country component for VBScript for Windows

ActiveSocket is a Network Communication component for Windows Developers. It runs on any 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Platform, incl. Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
It features many IP protocols, incl.: SSH (Secure Shell), RSH (Remote Shell), HTTP(s), FTP, ICMP Ping, NTP, SNMP v1/v2c (Get,GetNext,Set), SNMP MIB translation, SNMP Trap Sender, SNMP Trap Receiver, Telnet, DNS, TCP, UDP, IP-to-Country, Wake-On-LAN and more. Samples are included many popular development platforms, incl. Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic .NET, ASP .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C/C++, ASP, Java, Javascript, PHP, Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, ColdFusion.

ActiveSocket can be well integrated into VBScript environments. This document describes how ActiveSocket can be integrated into VBScript projects.

Step 1: Download and install the ActiveSocket Toolkit

Download ActiveSocket from the ActiveXperts Download Site and start the installation. The installation guides you through the installation process.

Step 2: Create a new script

Create a new script using your favorite editor. You can simply use notepad. However, a VBScript editor is recommended, so you can browse through objects, objects properties and object functions.

You're now able to write a more advanced script to communicate using the ActiveSocket Toolkit.

Step 3: Create the ActiveSocket object in VBScript

Create a new VBScript file called DEMO.VBS. It is recommended to insert the following line on top of your code:

   Option Explicit

This statement requires that all variable names be defined (with the Dim statement), to avoid simple typos that can cause incredible headaches and long debugging sessions for something that should have never happened.

Now, declare the ActiveSocket object(s):

   Dim objIPtoCountry

Create the ActiveSocket object(s) like this:

   Set objIPtoCountry      = CreateObject( "ActiveXperts.IPtoCountry" )

Now, add the following lines to the file to have your fist ActiveSocket VBScript program:

   WScript.Echo "Version: " & objIPtoCountry.Version
   WScript.Echo "Expiration Date: " & objIPtoCountry.Expiration Date

Step 4: Perform an IP address to country lookup

You can now lookup an IP address.

The following code shows how to perform an IP address to country lookup from a Visual Basic Script:

Option Explicit

Dim objIPtoCountry, strHost

Set objIPtoCountry      = CreateObject( "ActiveXperts.IPtoCountry" )

' Write some information to console
WScript.Echo "ActiveSocket " & objIPtoCountry.Version & " demo."
WScript.Echo "Expiration date: " & objIPtoCountry.ExpirationDate & vbCrLf

Do
   strHost = inputbox( "Enter a hostname or IP address", "Input", "www.activexperts.com" )
Loop until strHost <> ""

objIPtoCountry.Clear ()

objIPtoCountry.LogFile 	= "IPtoCountry.log"
objIPtoCountry.Host 	= strHost

objIPtoCountry.Query()

WScript.Echo "Query, result: " & objIPtoCountry.LastError & " (" & objIPtoCountry.GetErrorDescription( objIPtoCountry.LastError ) & ")"

If objIPtoCountry.LastError = 0 Then
   WScript.Echo "Host " & strHost & " is located in " & objIPtoCountry.CountryName & _
                " (" & objIPtoCountry.CountryCode & ")."
End If

WScript.Echo "Ready."

There are many working samples included with the product. You can also find them on the ActiveXperts FTP site: ftp.activexperts-labs.com/samples/asocket.