vbscript confusion

[sorex]

Hello,I'm quite experienced with asp and have been asked if I'm not interested to do some windows vbscripting.Having a look at the vbscript part at w3schools it's only talk about vbscript running client side in the browser. Wasn't it possible to create a .vbs file that runs in a Windows shell aswell with a lot more options?If so, where can I find some examples of it and can those vbs source files be compiled to EXE's aswell to prevent people messing around in the code?

[VBScab]

Hello,I'm quite experienced with asp and have been asked if I'm not interested to do some windows vbscripting.Having a look at the vbscript part at w3schools it's only talk about vbscript running client side in the browser. Wasn't it possible to create a .vbs file that runs in a Windows shell aswell with a lot more options?If so, where can I find some examples of it and can those vbs source files be compiled to EXE's aswell to prevent people messing around in the code?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, you can create VBSs and your ASP knowledge will stand you in good stead. Use devguru.com as a reference. cwashington.netreach.net has some fabulous scripts, too.I think there is a utility that will convert scripts to EXEs but why not use a has of some kind? My scripts are protected by calls to a component which produces a hash from (among other things) the script's size, creation date and name. Each script has its own hash recorded in a Const. It checks its own hash via the component so, if anyone has messed with it, the hashes don't match and the script bails. It's not 100% bullet-proof, but it'll stop the idiot users who want to use the system-level calls (which some of our scripts use) for their own evil purpose. You know the sort of thing, I'm sure - making themselves members of local admin group, etc...

[Chocolate570]

Not sure if you can do this with VBScript, but you can convert visual basic files to exe's easily.

[sorex]

Can you tell me how? Compiling with Visual Studio you mean?