-- hello there.vbs
strArg = ""
strDelim = ""
for each objItem in WScript.Arguments
strArg = strArg & strDelim & objItem
strDelim = " "
next
WScript.echo "hello there, " & strArg
-- cscript.xml
<project name="cscript" default="hello">
<target name="hello">
<exec taskname="cscript"
executable="cscript.exe"
>
<arg file="hello there.vbs"/>
<arg value="//Nologo"/>
<arg value="Rhino"/>
</exec>
</target>
</project>
-- example run
C:\temp\ant -f cscript.xml
Buildfile: cscript.xml
hello:
[cscript] hello there, Rhino
-----Original Message-----
From: Rhino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:57 AM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Problems with exec task
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant Users List" <user@ant.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:01 AM
Subject: Re: Problems with exec task
> Rhino wrote:
>
>> When I did this:
>>
>> <property name="vbs.script" value="'c:\Documents and
Settings\Rhino\My
>> Documents\LaunchWdMacro.vbs'"/>
>>
>> <exec executable="cscript.exe" spawn="true">
>>
>> <arg line="${vbs.script} Dudley Doright"/>
>>
>> </exec>
>>
>>
>> everything was fine; there were no errors from Ant and the macro
wrote
>> Dudley Doright in the document.
>>
>> But when I did this (using the same property definition for
vbs.script):
>>
>> <exec executable="cscript.exe" spawn="true">
>>
>> <arg value="${vbs.script}"/>
>>
>> <arg value="Bugs"/>
>>
>> <arg value="Bunny"/>
>>
>> </exec>
>>
>> I got no errors from Ant but the macro didn't run and Bugs Bunny was
not
>> added to the document. When I tried the same thing with the
spawn="true"
>> removed, I got an error from Ant:
>>
>> [exec] Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
>>
>> [exec] Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights
>> reserved.
>>
>> [exec] Input Error: There is no script engine for file extension
".vbs'".
>
> there's an extra single quote at the end of this line. If that really
is
> your file, that is the problem. On <arg line> ant is probably parsing
and
> discarding the trailing ' as something it doesnt hand down.
>
The extra single quote in the message is simply the last character in
the
'vbs.script' property value; it _has_ to be there to close off the one
at
the start of the property value. There's nothing I can do about that.
Agreed? Or are you suggesting that a change to the property definition
or
exec will make your arg/value approach work as well as the arg/line
approach?
>>
>> [exec] Result: 1
>>
>> Frankly, I'm not sure why these variations don't work but I've got
other
>> problems on my plate and the first variant in this note works fine so
I'm
>> inclined to move on to other things rather than work out exactly why
the
>> variants are failing.
>
> yeah, that's what I'd do. At the same time, this is interesting; some
> aspect of Windows Scripting host.
>
> A bit of research brings up this file
>
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnancho
r/html/scriptinga.asp
>
> which explains stuff more.
>
> 1. you can have multiple engines plugged in; .vbs and .js are the
default,
> but I think ActivePerl may fit in too if installed.
>
> 2. There is another format. .wsf, that contains WSH jobs in an XML
> representation.
>
> 3. if the wrong switch is set in your registry, people can run scripts
> against a remote host.
>
> with #2 you could do some interesting ant integration; create a WSF
file
> inline. With #3 you could run it remotely.
>
>
> I'd use jscript, of course :)
>
I think I'll pass :-) Word macros and VBScript are enough excitement for
me
today ;-)
--
Rhino
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