Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?

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People have been embedding and executing VBScript within batch files for a long time. But all the published solutions that I have seen (at the time this question was ori

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EDIT: My first answer was wrong for VBScript, now my next try...

Nice idea to use CTRL-Z, but I don't like control characters in a batch file, as it is problematic to copy&paste them.
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You could get a hybrid VBScript/Batch also with normal characters, and "normal" code.

:'VBS/Batch Hybrid
:
:
:'Makes the next line only visible for VBScript ^
a=1_
<1' echo off 

The trick is to prepend each batch line with set n=n'& it is legal for both, but vbs will ignore the rest of the line, only batch will execute the rest of the line.

The other variant is :'remark ^, this is a remark for both, but for batch this remarks also the next line by the multiline character.
The VbScript sees then a=1<1 the rest of the line is a remark '
The batch sees only <1' echo off , the first redirect from 1' will be override by the second , so it results to only echo off < nul.

The only remaining problem is that you can see the first echo off, as it doesn't work in batch to use the @ after a redirection.

For JScript exists a simpler solution hybrid scripting