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   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   VanguardLH  wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   >   
   > >   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.   
      
   [Series of 'Duh!'s and misinterpretations deleted.]   
      
     See my response to John. It's not about filetype association, etc.,   
   but about what translates  to .vbs *before* filetype   
   association takes places, i.e. similar to (*not* 'the same as') how   
    gets translated to .bat.   
      
     BTW.:   
      
   > He wants to pipe or redirect files into files, like:   
   >   
   > textfile1 | textfile2   
   > textfile2 < textfile1   
   >   
   > He discovered the solution was to specify the .vbs extension on the   
   > filename to get that handler to read the text file to run the script.   
      
     Nope, he 'discovered' no such thing. He specified the .vbs extension   
   *and* he added wscript.exe to interpret the .vbs file.   
      
     One of the many problems resulting from his snipping of context.   
      
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