Node RunVbs

A simple package to run VBS scripts from NodeJs.

NPM link: @el3um4s/run-vbs

Install and use the package

To use the package in a project:

npm i @el3um4s/run-vbs

and then in a file:

import { runVbs, runVbsFile } from "@el3um4s/run-vbs";

const vbs = `Wscript.Echo "hello world"`;
const result = await runVbs({ vbs });
console.log(result); // hello world

const file = "./test.vbs";
const fromFile = await runVbsFile({ vbs: file });
console.log(fromFile); // hello world

API: runVbs

• runVbs(data: { vbs: string; args?: string[]; }): Promise<string> Run a VBS script and return the result.
• runVbsBuffer(data: { vbs: string; args?: string[]; }): Promise<string[]> Run a VBS script and return the result as a buffer.

import { runVbs } from "@el3um4s/run-vbs";

const vbs = `
set args = Wscript.Arguments

Dim name, surname

Dim count
count = WScript.arguments.count

if count = 0 then
    name = ""
    surname = ""
    Wscript.Echo "hello world"
end if

if count = 1 then
    name = args(0)
    surname = ""
    Wscript.Echo "hello" & " " & name & "!"
end if

if count = 2 then
    name = args(0)
    surname = args(1)
    Wscript.Echo "hello" & " " & name & " " & surname  & "!"
end if
`;

const result = await runVbs({
  vbs,
});
console.log(result); // hello world

const result2 = await runVbs({
  vbs,
  args: ["John", "Doe"],
});
console.log(result2); // hello John Doe!

API: runVbsFile

• runVbsFile(data: { vbs: string; args?: string[]; }): Promise<string> Run a VBS script and return the result.
• runVbsFileBuffer(data: { vbs: string; args?: string[]; }): Promise<string[]> Run a VBS script and return the result as a buffer.

import { runVbsFile } from "@el3um4s/run-vbs";

const result = await runVbsFile({
  vbs: "./src/__tests__/test_no_output.vbs",
});
console.log(result); // hello world

const result2 = await runVbsFile({
  vbs: "./src/__tests__/test_no_output.vbs",
  args: ["John", "Doe"],
});
console.log(result2); // hello John Doe!

Known Issues

There can be issues when the file path has a space.

Acknowledgments

To create this package I was inspired by:

• windows-shortcut-vbs
• el3um4s/deno-adodb