Create an A and PTR record (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 14 of DNS on Windows Server 2003

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' Create an A and PTR record

' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "DNS on Windows Server 2003" 
' By Cricket Liu, Matt Larson & Robbie Allen
' Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
' ISBN: 0-596-00562-8
' Book web site: http://rallenhome.com/books/dnsonw2k3/toc.html
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

option explicit

Dim strRR, strReverseRR, strDomain, strReverseDomain

' A record to add
strRR = "matrix.movie.edu. IN A 192.168.64.13"
strDomain = "movie.edu"

' PTR record to add
strReverseRR = "13.64.168.192.in-addr.arpa IN PTR matrix.movie.edu"
strReverseDomain = "168.192.in-addr.arpa."

Dim objDNS, objRR, objDNSServer, objRR2, objOutParam
set objDNS = GetObject("winMgmts:root\MicrosoftDNS")
set objRR = objDNS.Get("MicrosoftDNS_ResourceRecord")
set objDNSServer = objDNS.Get("MicrosoftDNS_Server.Name="".""")

' Create the A record
Dim strNull
strNull = objRR.CreateInstanceFromTextRepresentation( _
                  objDNSServer.Name, _
                  strDomain, _
                  strRR, _
                  objOutParam)       

set objRR2 = objDNS.Get(objOutParam)
WScript.Echo "Created Record: " & objRR2.TextRepresentation
set objOutParam = Nothing

' Create the PTR record
strNull = objRR.CreateInstanceFromTextRepresentation( _
                  objDNSServer.Name, _
                  strReverseDomain, _
                  strReverseRR, _
                  objOutParam)       

set objRR2 = objDNS.Get(objOutParam)
WScript.Echo "Created Record: " & objRR2.TextRepresentation

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