XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On 24 Apr 2024 12:46:12 GMT   
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
      
   > [Disclaimer: I don't know the first thing about VBScript, but have a   
   > brain and am not afraid to use it.]   
   >   
   > VanguardLH  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > > In this case, he wants files themselves to do reads and writes of other   
   > > files.  He wants data objects aka files to be programs themselves, so   
   > > files can read and write, and can do anything else he wants.  He has   
   > > watched too many Marvel and Harry Potter movies.  Logic interferes with   
   > > his obstreperous temperament.   
   >   
   >   FTR, AFAICT he does *not* "want files themselves to do reads and   
   > writes of other files". (I think) That's your misunderstanding. The   
   > 'files' are not "data objects", but a VBScript (myvbscript[.vbs]), i.e.   
   > it *is* a program. That's clear by the fact that the .vbs file *is*   
   > executed.   
   >   
   >   I don't know how a .vbs file gets executed, but I assume it works like   
   > .exe and .bat files that the command interpreter (cmd.exe) sees that   
   > myvbscript is actually myvbscript.vbs and hence calls wscript.exe to   
   > execute myvbscript.vbs.   
      
   You'd be wrong there; 'anyfile.vbs' (or any other 'thing' gets dealt with   
   by Windows 'associations'); anything ending with '.vbs' would   
   normally be associated with 'wscript.exe'   
      
   '.exe' & '.bat' files (again, normally) get sent to the command interpreter   
   and are then either executed (if EXE by loading and finding the start   
   point) or seen as BATCH and interpreted by the command (or should I say   
   CMD) parser.   
      
      
   >   
   >   Rudy's problem is that he can't imagine that someone interprets his   
   > posts in any other way than he does. If there's another interpretation,   
   > it's the other guy's fault and things go downhill from there.   
      
   He does seem to want to specify his 'problem' very tightly but then not   
   accept any workaround suggested. It's pointless trying to help ISTM.   
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
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