vbscript input greater than 254 characters?

[cbsarge]

I have a script that uses an input box to accept a URL. The script is now failing because the URLs are much greater than 254 characters. Is there any method in a vbscript that can accept input greater than 254 characters and asign the input to a variable?

Here is the line as it exists now.

strURL = InputBox("Enter the URL here.", "URL input box")

Thanks!

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[tsuji]

That's not realistic. I can't even expect typing anything less than 254 characters without error. Rudimentally, ask the user to establish data in a text file of agreed name and path, and read from it in the script as input, or read the path to it from inputbox input by the user if you want that freedom.

 

[cbsarge]

They will actually be copying and pasting the URL from an existing tab. The URL is different every time. I could have them edit the vbscipt file each time but, was hoping to make it easier by allowing them to just paste it in instead.

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[tsuji]

I know what the answer will be before I even responded above in the first place! and know the answer would be futile in any case. Use hta with some textarea input element to do the thing.

 

[cbsarge]

lol - I've been trying to put togeth an hta without success so far. Thank you for the help tsuji!

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[mrmovie]

they are getting the url from IE i presume?
you can script access to the current IE instance and grab the current url programmatically from a vbscript?

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[cbsarge]

Actually they will be using Chrome as the browser. Is it still possible to access the URL the way you describe?

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[mrmovie]

not sure if Chrome exposes an OLE interface

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