How Can I run a .vbs (Visual Basic Script) file on Linux?

Davigetto · 2007-11-08 18:33:24

Hello, I have a doubt:

How Can I execute on Linux a .vbs file? I can't use wine cause it is not a .exe file.

Is there any way?

Greetings

auditek747 · 2007-11-08 18:58:10

Hello,

I don't know if will help, but you can run

wine cmd

and get a Windows command prompt. (dos prompt)
I do this to run ".cmd scripts"

Last edited by auditek747 (2007-11-08 18:59:48)

Davigetto · 2007-11-08 20:35:21

It don't work, look:

It's strange. On a virtualbox machine it works. On a Linux wine cmd, no :S. It tells to me "Bad Format" :S

Any solutions?

kumico · 2007-11-08 20:51:02

it requires a vbs interpretter ,, try i.e .. `pacman -Ss ies4linux`

Davigetto · 2007-11-08 21:29:24

Installing Internet explorer doesn't work. Is not an Internet aplication a vbs, is a Windows Program.

The Vaxorcist · 2007-11-08 22:10:25

What I would do is to:

Try to figure out what program runs .vbs files under windows.
Copy it (and whatever DLL's it needs) to your Linux system.
Use wine to run it.

Good Luck

kumico · 2007-11-08 22:57:01

.vbs suggests visual-basic-script interpreted from websites through internet explorer ... that's why i suggested you try to run it in there, i dunno if it'd work

Davigetto · 2007-11-09 10:13:09

I have a program, called (Calculator.vbs). This program, without having to compile, is called on a Windows Line Commander with a simple "Calculator.vbs", and works opening a window. There are not .exe files and no Internet use. Is a program.

Is there anyway to execute it?

Mikko777 · 2007-11-09 10:19:03

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/visual-ba … linux.html learn to use google

MrWeatherbee · 2007-11-09 13:27:42

Mikko777 wrote:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/visual-ba … linux.html learn to use google

Google works, yes ... if you know what you are searching for. Try this search: VisualBasic is not VBScript.

Here is what you will need (consult an attorney first):

- Wine

- Windows Scripting Host (WSH) 5.6* (available officially from MS website, but requires validation):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta … laylang=en

* There is an update to 5.7 also available form MS

- You will also need (from your Windows installation):
mfc42.dll

- Once you have the files placed in your Wine '/system32' folder (via installer or extraction), you will need to register dll files. At minimum, I think you can get by with:

wine regsvr32 /path/to/vbscript.dll
wine regsvr32 /path/to/wshext.dll

Others may be required ... if you get more messages alerting you to register files, just repeat for each one necessary. Or register them all and be done with it.

Once you have WSH setup, you can launch the VBScript file by opening 'winefile' and double clicking on the script. From the command line, you will need to launch it with 'wscript':

 wine wscript "Z:\\home\\user\\.wine\\dosdevices\\c:\\Program Files\\test.vbs"

If you attempt to launch the VBScript with just:

wine  "Z:\\home\\user\\.wine\\dosdevices\\c:\\Program Files\\test.vbs"

you will get a message about 'BAD EXE Format' or similar.

Last edited by MrWeatherbee (2007-11-09 15:03:36)

Davigetto · 2007-11-09 13:50:56

Weatherbee, you give me probably the correct solution but I have a little problem... I can't get WSH cause I don't have Windows on my house... Only Linux :S

Is there any other place where can I find that file?

MrWeatherbee · 2007-11-09 14:01:19

Davigetto wrote:

Weatherbee, you give me probably the correct solution but I have a little problem... I can't get WSH cause I don't have Windows on my house... Only Linux :S
Is there any other place where can I find that file?

I suppose we're getting into dicey legal issues, and I really don't know of a trusted source (or untrusted source for that matter) to obtain files other than from MS. I suppose I'll now have to invoke 'google' as the only possibility.

MrWeatherbee · 2007-11-09 14:28:42

Follow-up:

Give this URL a shot:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta … layLang=en

The update to 5.6 (v 5.7) doesn't require validation, but it *may* fail to install for a couple of reasons:

- you don't have 5.6 installed
- wine may not be able to handle the type of installer included

So, use 'cabextract' to extract the files and place them in the wine '/sysem32' folder.

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