VBScript and CreateObject issue

Question

I\'m not really experimented if it is about VBScript but I had the occasion to read many things through forums and actually yesterday I helped someone to checkout why his sc

Answer 1

The "WScript" in "WScript.CreateObject" or "WScript.Echo" is (the name of an object) provided by the c|wscript.exe scripting host. If you run VBScript under/in other hosts (e.g. ie or mshta), there is no such object.

The language itself has a (different!, see the docs for details) "CreateObject" function, that can be used under/in all VBScripts hosts. So use plain "CreateObject" to be on the safe side.

The WScript in "WScript.Network" is part of the ProgId of a COM object that may be installed on your computer (or not). Those COM objects with a 'first name' of "WScript" are completely different from the WScript object provided by c|wscript.exe.

So my first assumption: The "someone" executed the code under/in ie or mshta and solved the problem by removing the "WScript." from "WScript.CreateObject", that is by falling back to VBScript's own CreateObject.