There's any way to run vbscript directly to wscript or cscript command line

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I want to run a vbs command from command line as I would in batch calling

cmd.exe /c "echo.Hello World! & pause"

Obviously this doesn't work

wscript /C MsgBox("Hello world")

I could print the vbs and then call the temporary file and then delete it

cmd.exe /c "echo. [VBSCODE] > temp.vbs & wscript temp.vbs & del temp.vbs"

but this is too messy, and I don't want the prompt poping up.

tinyfiledialogs · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-25 12:26:45Z

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This works directly on the command line:

mshta vbscript:Execute("MsgBox(""Message"",64,""Title"")(window.close)")

also for several commands:

mshta vbscript:Execute("MsgBox ""Message"",64,""Title"":MsgBox ""Hello again!"",64,""Hello"":close")

edited Mar 25, 2022 at 12:26

answered Jan 26, 2015 at 2:03

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cjones26 Over a year ago

Yes it sure does! At least on Win7 x64.

Dexter Over a year ago

is there a way with w/csript ?

saulius2 Aug 3 at 11:18

@Dexter: you could potentially run wscript ... from .hta itself. Eg. this works for me: mshta vbscript:Execute("CreateObject(""WScript.Shell"").Run(""wscript TEST.vbs""): close")

saulius2 Aug 3 at 11:22

PS. Though the JScript-from-HTA launcher looks cleaner to my own eyes. Probably it's personal: mshta "javascript: new ActiveXObject( 'WScript.Shell' ).Run('wscript TEST.vbs'); close()"

saulius2 Aug 3 at 16:00

PPS. On a second thought my answer does not seem to make sense, as it looks like you want to start the execution chain from 'wscript` itself but feed the code from cmd-line, and to avoid having it stoed on disk. I don't know the solution, so please excuse me.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:45:50Z

VBScript requires a file for its source code. You want to specify stdin as the "file", but there is no mechanism to do that. So the answer is no - you cannot generate and run VBS code from the command line without using a temporary file.

Most people use a batch script to write temp VBS code, execute, and then delete the temp code, as PA has demonstrated.

I have discovered a mechanism to embed the VBS code within the batch file, without the need for a temporary file. But it is not very pretty. See Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?

It is much cleaner to embed JScript within a batch file.

PA. · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-29 09:16:56Z

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avoid typing over and over the same, just create a bat with the commands to run

sovb.bat

@echo off
echo %* >%temp%\temp.vbs
wscript %temp%\temp.vbs
del %temp%\temp.vbs

and then from the command line, invoke it

sovb MsgBox("Hello World")

answered Oct 29, 2012 at 9:16

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