The old-school method for running another script from batch
is to echo
the script into another location, and then run it.
This method can be represented like this:
@echo off
rem VBS below
echo your vbs > TempVBS.vbs
echo other vbs>>TempVBS.vbs
rem End of VBS
cscript //nologo TempVBS.vbs
del /f /s /q TempVBS.vbs
The method above would require lots of echo (vbs) >> TempVBS.vbs
, so here's a way to shorten it. (code by Aacini)
@echo off
setlocal
rem Get the number of the "<resource>" line
for /F "delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /N "<resource>" "%~F0"') do set "start=%%a"
rem Skip such number of lines and show the rest of this file
(for /F "usebackq skip=%start% delims=" %%a in ("%~F0") do echo %%a) > Program.vbs
cscript //nologo Program.vbs
del /f /s /q Program.vbs
exit /b
<resource>
your vbs
another line of vbs
The last method is by using streams
. A file can have a few streams. And every stream can contain different information.
@echo off
echo vbs >%0:stream1
rem This command redirect "vbs" into the stream1 of this script, then we can call it later
cscript %0:stream1 //nologo
rem if you like, you can clear the stream1 of this file by:
type nul>%0:stream1
Here's an example with the technique(hack) invented by the dostips forums' user Liviu:
@echo off
echo Printed by CMD.EXE
cscript //nologo "%~f0?.wsf" //job:JS //job:VBS
exit /b %errorlevel%
----END OF BATCH CODE---
<package>
<job id="JS">
<script language="VBScript">
WScript.Echo("Printed by VBScript"):
</script>
</job>
<job id="VBS">
<script language="JScript">
WScript.Echo("Printed by JScript");
</script>
</job>
</package>
As running wsf
file with windows script host is extension sensitive you can run a file with any extension by adding ?.wsf
at the end of the file (which is the core of the hack). While the Liviu's example is probably more robust the above code is more simplified version. As wsh does not care much about the things outside the <package>
node you are not obligated to put everything in xml comments. Though it's to be careful with redirection symbols (<
and >
)