Re: windows installer - vbs vs bat startup script

[John W. Eaton]

On 8/27/20 11:44 AM, Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
>     I wonder if the issue is trying to run the .vbs script, or trying to
>     run a program as hidden from another program ?____
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>     __ __
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>     If it just the general act of running a .vbs script , we could just
>     a small program using activex and call almost the same commands 
>     from within it.
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> if the issue with vbs files is the various, potentially conflicting, 
> non-standard security protocols,  is activex any better? I wasn't aware 
> it was supported outside of a browser environment.

Does it need to be a script or could the same job be done with a 
separate .exe program file that sets up the environment appropriately 
and then execs the real Octave binary?

jwe