hi,
i have a vbscript which was compiling with noerrors.
i was using editplus to write my vbscritps
today i tried using primalscript2009 editor.
i added some code to the script and when i tried to run the script i got
the "Error code 800A0408 Invalid Character" error.
i gone through my code a lot of time but i found no invalid character.
i need your help to resolve this issue.

> i have a vbscript which was compiling with noerrors.

> i was using editplus to write my vbscritps
> today i tried using primalscript2009 editor.
> i added some code to the script and when i tried to run the script i got
> the "Error code 800A0408 Invalid Character" error.
> i gone through my code a lot of time but i found no invalid character.
> i need your help to resolve this issue.

Why don't you look at the line that the error message
told you the error is on, and then post it here? No one
can help you figure out what character is invalid if
they can't see your code.

Usually that error will mean that you used something
invalid in the context. A non alphanumeric in a variable
or an operator that can't work might do it. Though
WSH will try to force an operator to work if it can.
For instance:

i = 2
s = 3
msgbox i & s

I tried that out thinking that it might result in an
invalid character error, but instead the interpreter
converted the numbers to strings and the msgbox
showed "23"!

"mayayana" <mayaXXyana@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:#9yRHq0oKHA.5520@newsgroup

>> i have a vbscript which was compiling with noerrors.
>> i was using editplus to write my vbscritps
>> today i tried using primalscript2009 editor.
>> i added some code to the script and when i tried to run the script i got
>> the "Error code 800A0408 Invalid Character" error.
>> i gone through my code a lot of time but i found no invalid character.
>> i need your help to resolve this issue.

>
> Why don't you look at the line that the error message
> told you the error is on, and then post it here? No one
> can help you figure out what character is invalid if
> they can't see your code.
>
> Usually that error will mean that you used something
> invalid in the context. A non alphanumeric in a variable
> or an operator that can't work might do it. Though
> WSH will try to force an operator to work if it can.
> For instance:
>
> i = 2
> s = 3
> msgbox i & s
>
> I tried that out thinking that it might result in an
> invalid character error, but instead the interpreter
> converted the numbers to strings and the msgbox
> showed "23"!

A google search for "800A0408" finds info such as these:

"If you cut and paste code from other sources (e.g. web sites, other
editors, etc) you often bring along characters that don't show up in Notepad
but are, nonetheless, present -- or do appear as non-prinatable characters,
that look like little squares. If you're looking at the line in question and
it isn't simply an unclosed string or a premature carriage return, try
deleting the line(s) altogether and re-typing them by hand. This should
eliminate the possibility of 'invisible' problem characters mucking up the
stream."
(http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/general...08-errors.html).

"Your VBScript contains an illegal character, often at the beginning of a
line. It can happen if you copy the script from word, then paste into
notepad. For example, to 'Rem out a line we need the apostrophe, which is
ASCII character 39; however if you paste from word you may get ASCII 96
(Grave accent)."
(http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...e_800A0408.htm)

It seems to me that the problem is not with either editor, but with editing
with both.

/Al