converting javascript to exe, WScript has not been declared

Question

We have a javascript that i would like to compile to a exe.

I am using the jsc.exe to do this. However, i get the following error when attempting to compile.

error JS1135: Variable 'WScript' has not been declared

Here is the segment of code:

var omgShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" );

What is the problem here?

Thanks

Have you tried the solution at this link? http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/nl/netfxjscript/thread/6f6846e1-80ac-49cd-8f79-07c44f717c3c they reccommend `new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");` instead of `WScript.CreateObject` — captncraig, Mar 28 '12 at 18:52
I saw that, but i didn't think it was related to my issue. lol. I will give it a try and see what happens. — prolink007, Mar 28 '12 at 18:54
What about everywhere else that i am using WScript? For instance `WScript.Echo(...);`. I know very little about the `javascript` world, just trying to get this script to work. =) — prolink007, Mar 28 '12 at 18:57
I actually just realized that the problem i was having was unrelated to this. I no longer need to compile it to `exe`. I got everything to compile with the above mentioned suggestions of `new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");`. I also changed all my references of `WScript` to `omgShell` and it seemed to work. But i figured out that was not the problem at all and just solved my other problem. Please post this as the answer CMP and i will accept it, as it was helpful. Thanks — prolink007, Mar 28 '12 at 20:34

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '12 at 21:28

WScript is a variable that is not available in the context of jsc.exe. See this post for more info.

In your case simply use var omgShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");, and replace all references to WScript with omgShell

or simply do var WScript = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:52

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JScript.NET is not the same thing as WSH. You will need to modify your code to use the .NET objects instead of the WSH objects.

answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:52

Alex Turpin

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