sorry for the double. Even if you do have to run cscript by hand, can still
be done in a shell call.
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm. Seems like i've done exactly this very thing. Wil have to get out a
> windows box and test.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Robert Sneidar <slylab...@me.com> wrote:
>
>> Cannot do it that way. Scripts will not launch automatically. They must
>> be invoked by using cscript myfile.vbs. HTH
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2012, at 11:25 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>>
>> > Try dumping the vbscript to a .vbs file and execute it with
>> > shell("myfile.vbs")
>> >
>> > In many cases it will just work. (probably send it to the temp folder so
>> > you don't have to worry about cleanup afterwards)
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Terry Judd <terry.j...@unimelb.edu.au
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all - I want (if possible) to use a VBscript to format and send
>> emails
>> >> from Livecode via Outlook on Windows ( I need to do it this way so
>> that I
>> >> can take advantage of Outlook's DeferredDeliveryTime feature).
>> >>
>> >> Now, I know little or nothing about VBscript but the following routine
>> >> (courtesy of a Google search) runs fine as a macro within Excel. If
>> however
>> >> I try to run it from Livecode (do [code] as "VBscript") it returns
>> >> 'execution error' in the result. Does anyone know enough VBscript to
>> tell
>> >> me what I'm missing?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Terry...
>> >>
>> >> Sub SendMail()
>> >> Dim OutApp As Object
>> >> Dim Outmail As Object
>> >> Dim strBody As String
>> >> Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
>> >> OutApp.session.logon
>> >> Set Outmail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)
>> >> strBody = "This is a test"
>> >> On Error Resume Next
>> >> With Outmail
>> >> .To = "t...@unimelb.edu.au<mailto:t...@unimelb.edu.au>"
>> >> .CC = ""
>> >> .BCC = ""
>> >> .Subject = "Test email"
>> >> .Body = strBody
>> >> .DeferredDeliveryTime = "16/12/2012 16:00:00" 'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss'
>> >> .Send
>> >> End With
>> >> On Error GoTo 0
>> >> Set Outmail = Nothing
>> >> Set OutApp = Nothing
>> >> End Sub
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dr Terry Judd
>> >> Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
>> >> Medical Eduction Unit
>> >> Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
>> >> The University of Melbourne
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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