Vista - VBS to EXE

It could be done quic and easy with ScriptCryptor compiler from http://www.abyssmedia.com/scriptcryptor/

<Oleg Tsheglov> wrote in message
news:2008103012392support@xxxxxxIs this freeware, shareware, nagware, crippledware or what? I could not
find a price list. May be I expect to not be required to scroll down a
huge blank page to get to some possible info.


-Paul Randall

Paul Randall wrote:Paul, I don't see any "huge blank page". The url provided
renders ok with firefox 2.00.17.

As to the purchase option, it appears to be a "for sale"
product, at $54.95 per copy. See here:

http://www.abyssmedia.com/order.shtml

cheers, jw

> Paul, I don't see any "huge blank page". The url providedI heartily agree with Paul. The price and terms should
be on the same page where the download link is. Anything
else is just sleazy marketing. And for anyone who might
actually fall for this scam, I'll explain to them how to make
a self-executing zip file for only $49.99*.

* Plus shipping and handling, of course. I'll let them
know how much that costs when they place an order.

"Paul Randall" <paulr90@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uRclZ%23wOJHA.4328@xxxxxxScriptCryptor Compiler
Convert VBS to EXE and JScript to EXE files. US$54.95

"mr_unreliable" <kindlyReplyToNewsgroup@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23nmCmp3OJHA.3748@xxxxxxHi, jw
Thanks for the feedback.

I'm running IE6 on a laptop with a 1024 by 768 screen, with text size set to
largest. This web page uses less than 800 pixels of the available width to
display its information and seems to have reasonable rules on how to handle
all text size settings except largest, in its restricted width.

-Paul Randall

check vbs2exe from http://www.vbs2exe.com/
or http://www.xneat.com/application-builder/index.htm

does the same for only 17.5$

<Oleg Tsheglov> wrote in message
news:2008103012392support@xxxxxx

mayayana wrote:I presume that mayayana's "secret" is to recommend the "last
free" version of the Power Archiver product (v6.1.1). Power
Archiver will zip up your script, wrap it in an exe, and when
you run it will unzip the script and execute it for you. This
is not exactly "magical", you have do a lot of reading and
understanding of switches and options. However it is a
feasible way to get from script to exe.

You can find more discussion on this by searching this ng for
power archiver and mayayana.

I only have one "major beef" with P.A. When you install it,
it will (gratuitously) insert itself into every context menu
on your system, and it will take you (or it took me) at least
a day to get the registry cleaned out (i.e., to get all the
context menu's back to what they were before P.A.).

fwiw, I would advise using another language if you want script-
to-exe. There are several vb-like scripting languages out there
which provide for wrapping into an exe as part of the language.
Converting to any of these languages from vbs is a "piece-of-cake".
Then there is vb itself, which is even easier to convert into from
vbs. However, the "classic" (vb5/6) is a much easier conversion
than vb.net.

cheers, jw

p.s. One last "pet peeve". vbScript is a misnomer. "Visual" basic
is a product which took dos basic into a new realm, i.e., it added
a "GUI" (vb Forms and dialogs). The only "visual" thing about vbs
is the msgbox and askbox. You could call vbs a distant cousin of
vb, because vbs is a subset of the vb language. But since vbs is
lacking in the "visual" aspect of vb, then it is probably more
appropriate to call it un-vbScript...

"mr_unreliable" <kindlyReplyToNewsgroup@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23GeHTbpPJHA.4776@xxxxxx<snip>
Personally, I have never thought of it that way. VB is, most definitely,
short for Visual Basic, and the two names are used interchangeably.

I have never, ever, heard anyone refer to VBScript as "Visual Basic Script".
To me, the name VBScript fits perfectly, as it is the scripting equivalent
of VB. The main equivalency is the syntax of the language, not the (missing)
visual aspect. As you point out the syntax is not identical - just close
enough that someone comfortable in VB would likely have little difficulty
becoming a VBScripter.

Of course, there is nothing particularly "visual" about the VB language
itself - that aspect only comes from the environment in which VB code runs.
VBScript code itself is similarly free of a visual interface; the main
difference being that*one* of its environments (WSH) lacks all but the very
basic visual interface tools. But VBScript code can run in other
environments, including HTML, ASP, and HTA, all of which are undeniably
"visual" in nature.

But you'll enjoy this last point: my last two MVP awards were in a category
called "Visual Developer - Scripting"! I commented on this in my profile by
saying I was not so much the developer of visual scripts, but of scripts
that generally run invisibly. In fact, that is what appeals to me: scripts
as tools that do the work but without the attention-seeking profile of more
immature "visual" environments. ;-)

If you are able to get people to call it uVBScript, I will go along with you
on that ride ;-)

/Al

> I presume that mayayana's "secret" is to recommend the "lastI've tried twice to respond to this post and it was blocked
both times. Here's #3:

My post was intended to be a joke. There's no such
thing as compiling VBS to native code (EXE). But an
SFX (self-executing zip) will do what most people want
by packaging the script into a self-unpacking EXE file
that will unpack to the folder of one's choice and shell
any selected file inside.

I don't have any special preference for PA 6.1. It's just
that I'm used to it myself, it's free, it works, and it has
an unrestricted license. I recommend it for that reason,
but there are lots of free ZIP programs around. The point
is that one can get a decent ZIP program, most of which
will produce SFX files, for free. There's no need to pay
for overpriced bloatware. (The code behind ZIP programs,
after all, is from Info-ZIP, made freely available to the public.)