Forcing a Specific Scripting Engine

[Nilpo]

I get a lot of questions asking for a simple way to force a script to run in either cscript.exe or wscript.exe–and there are several reasons why you might want to force the use of one engine over another. Cscript.exe is a good choice whenever you want to have a console output or mask passwords. It’s also the only scripting engine that allows you to work with standard input and output streams. Wscript.exe is a good choice whenever you want a script to run silently or without a window. In either case, you can write your code so that it forces the use of one or the other. (more…)

Posted on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:02:37 +0000 at http://www.nilpo.com/2008/10/windows-xp/...ng-engine/
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