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General => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Vortex on October 15, 2023, 12:36:25 PM

Title: Script Control for 64-bit platforms
Post by: Vortex on October 15, 2023, 12:36:25 PM

Hello,

In the BCX Basic Forum, a member proposed this project as MS is intending to retire the Visual Basic Scripting Engine :

https://tablacus.github.io/scriptcontrol_en.html

https://github.com/tablacus/TablacusScriptControl

Title: Re: Script Control for 64-bit platforms
Post by: frankie on October 15, 2023, 04:18:03 PM

Interesting  :)

Title: Re: Script Control for 64-bit platforms
Post by: John Z on October 15, 2023, 04:41:37 PM

Read about it here:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/microsoft_says_vbscript_will_be/
or
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1387782/will-vbscript-be-deprecated-on-windows-server

Note that for now it affects only client not server platforms.  Doesn't appear to include VB for Applications (VBA)
They want everyone to migrate to PowerShell scripts.

John Z

Title: Re: Script Control for 64-bit platforms
Post by: Vortex on October 15, 2023, 09:24:21 PM

Hi John,

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They want everyone to migrate to PowerShell scripts.

Exactly. There are a lot of complaints mentioning the slowness of Powershell. Me too, I feel the same thing.