Weird Scripting Issues (Virus or Hotfix issue?)

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Hi,

Has anyone seen any problems where some scripts do not generate (or stop generating part way through) output.

A "Msgbox" will for example not display and "wscript.echo", won't output to the console (CSCRIPT) or display a popup (WSCRIPT).

This is on WINXP SP2.

Thanks,
Dennis

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Re: Weird Scripting Issues (Virus or Hotfix issue?) by gg

gg
Sat Apr 30 08:14:15 CDT 2005

msgbox does nothing with script as host especially when the batch mode (//B
switch) is used

wscript.echo does not work in vbscript when in activeX script for example
' start of the code at next line, no other usual code calling sub
sub mysciprt()
........
wsciprt.echo "something" ' wscript will not be recognized but should
give you error message
...
end Sub

the myscript() in the above is executed by the activeX object,
myactiveXWScriptControl.run("myscript")


However msgbox in activeX script do work. see the help file msscript.hlp
that you can get from downloading the scriptcontrol activeX or ole from
Microsoft. I think it is named as sc10en.exe



As for winXP SP2 with the latest critical security fix, I don't have any
problem with vbscipt itself when executing through wscript or cscript. I do
have antivirus software running too.

You may wish to check for default setting of your script host

"Dennis Bareis" <dbareis@KillSpam.labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Has anyone seen any problems where some scripts do not generate (or stop
> generating part way through) output.
>
> A "Msgbox" will for example not display and "wscript.echo", won't output
> to the console (CSCRIPT) or display a popup (WSCRIPT).
>
> This is on WINXP SP2.
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
>
> Dennis Bareis [MVP] (dennis@KillSpam.dennisbareis.id.au)
> http://dennisbareis.id.au/index.htm
> Freeware Windows Installer creation tool (+ "ORCA automation"):
> http://dennisbareis.id.au/makemsi.htm


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Re: Weird Scripting Issues (Virus or Hotfix issue?) by Dennis

Dennis
Sat Apr 30 17:19:38 CDT 2005

Hi,

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 07:14:15 -0600, "gg" <gg@nomail.nil> wrote:

>msgbox does nothing with script as host especially when the batch mode (//B
>switch) is used

Unfortunately its not my computer (I'm diagnosing via email) however I have
eliminated the batch possibility by trying "CSCRIPT //I".



>wscript.echo does not work in vbscript when in activeX script for example
> ' start of the code at next line, no other usual code calling sub
> sub mysciprt()
> ........
> wsciprt.echo "something" ' wscript will not be recognized but should
>give you error message
> ...
> end Sub

Good point but thats not it, the code works perfectly on every other box
its ever run on. The code is ".VBS".

>
>However msgbox in activeX script do work. see the help file msscript.hlp
>that you can get from downloading the scriptcontrol activeX or ole from
>Microsoft. I think it is named as sc10en.exe

If I run the VBS via CSCRIPT/WSCRIPT.EXE can this be the problem?

>As for winXP SP2 with the latest critical security fix, I don't have any
>problem with vbscipt itself when executing through wscript or cscript. I do
>have antivirus software running too.

I did notice another post which sounds like it might be the same thing and
that was describing it spreading (but that could as easily be hotfixes as viruses).

>You may wish to check for default setting of your script host

Microsoft don't document it but from my testing "//S" doesn't appear the
change the batch/interactive mode.
That is interactive appears to ALWAYS be the default.


Thanks,
Dennis


>
>"Dennis Bareis" <dbareis@KillSpam.labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message
>news:0ma6715n05imq6a4u3rm7r17e6d15c0obo@4ax.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone seen any problems where some scripts do not generate (or stop
>> generating part way through) output.
>>
>> A "Msgbox" will for example not display and "wscript.echo", won't output
>> to the console (CSCRIPT) or display a popup (WSCRIPT).
>>
>> This is on WINXP SP2.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dennis

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