Can I initialize objects written in JScript from VBScript?

Question

I am trying to write a WSH logon script. Administrators throughout the company need to be able to customize the execution of the script, and execute additional scripts, for

Answer 1

VBScript and JScript seem to disagree on how to initialize an object. However, once the object has been initialized it is recognized by both languages. To get around this I had to create the object in JScript and then return it to the VBScript caller, as demonstrated below.

<package>
    <job>
        <script language="JScript">
            // A demonstration "class"
            function WorkstationClass() {
                var os = "Windows XP";

                this.getOperatingSystem = function() {
                    return os;
                }
            }

            function CreateWorkstation() {
                return new WorkstationClass();
            }
        </script>

        <script language="VBScript">
            Dim workstation

            '// This assignment causes an error.
            '// Set workstation = New WorkstationClass()

            '// This works!
            Set workstation = CreateWorkstation()

            '// Prints "Windows XP"
            WScript.Echo workstation.getOperatingSystem()
        </script>
    </job>
</package>