VBS Popup Window - Possible? 1

[JTeagle]

Is it possible to open a popup window using VBScript only? Yes, I _know_ I can do it with JS, but I want to know if it is possible with VBS - if JS can do it, I'd expect MS to make sure that VBS can also do it.

 

[FengShui1998]

Jteagle,

Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell&quot

' 2 is number of seconds window stays open. If you
' leave it out, then window stays open until click OK.
WshShell.popup "Your text message here", 2

 

[JTeagle]

Hmmm... that's a great trick, but I was thinking of opening a browser window with a new document in it - like an advertisement, or some info, or something - the VBScript equivalent of JavaScript's "window.open(...)". I'm sorry for not making that clearer in the post.

 

[kajaeger]

Wscript.echo or msgbox() will pop up windows on your screen. If you want to open a web window,try something like what I do to popup a log-file in notepad here, by calling the application you want to open- hope it helps:
'************************************************
' CallExecutable Sub
' This sub initializes a command line shell to
' kick off a given script
'************************************************
Sub CallExecutable(strScript,intWindow)
Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot
objShell.Run strScript,intWindow,TRUE
End Sub
Dim strTempName
strTempName = "C:\temp\test.log

Call CallExecutable("notepad.exe " & strTempName,1)

 

[JTeagle]

Nice one, thankyou.