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Bangjan Phoyen
Bangjan Phoyen

Reputation: 11

How to display ECHO from VBScript in Command Prompt window with command line

In batch file I have the command below:

WScript ABC.vbs

In ABC.vbs:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WScript.Echo "Hello"

When I run the batch file there is a pop-up message with the text "Hello". But what I want is showing the message "Hello" in the Command Prompt window like I do the right click on ABC.vbs and then select "Open with command prompt".

Upvotes: 1

Views: 15118

Answers (1)

langstrom
langstrom

Reputation: 1702

In addition to the two comments to use cscript.exe ABC.vbs as your command line, here is a function you can put in your .vbs script to ensure it always runs with the cscript engine, no matter how it's called.

Sub checkengine
  pcengine = LCase(Mid(WScript.FullName, InstrRev(WScript.FullName,"\")+1))
' BEGIN CALLOUT A
  If Not pcengine="cscript.exe" Then
    Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    WshShell.Run "CSCRIPT.EXE """ & WScript.ScriptFullName & """"
    WScript.Quit
  End If
' END CALLOUT A
End Sub

From this site: Forcing VBScript Files to Run in CScript Mode

Put Call checkengine at the beginning of your vbscript. If it detects that cscript.exe is not in the command line, it relaunches the script with that engine.

Upvotes: 4

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