VBScript & API?

[Sentinel010]

Is VBScript capable of utilizing API calls? I've tried the standard 'DECLARE' statement but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[wsmall73]

Others may be able to speak to this better, but I am under the understanding that VBScript can not access dll on your local machine for security reasons. (think what might be embedded into web sites if this were the case).

 

[dds82]

I think that's true, but what VBScript can do is access any ActiveX/COM objects that are registered on the server. It would seem that if you wanted to access the WinAPI, you'd have to write a COM DLL that contains an object that wraps calls to the WinAPI.

 

[DonQuichote]

It's in the variables. VBScript only knows untyped (variant) variables, while API calls must be given parameters of the correct type.