Using Includes in VBScript
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There is one very useful feature missing from both VB and VBScript—the ability to have includes. Includes allow you to create code snippets in separate files and import them into your script at runtime. We’re going to create a cool work around to allow us to use them.
Before I begin, I’d like to thank Dr. Tobias Weltner for giving me the idea. His feature-packed VBS editor, SystemScripter, includes this workaround. I’ve taken his idea and written it using my own code. In the process of writing this article I’ve seen several other similar solutions. Since I don’t know who had the idea first, I’ll give credit to the person who turned me on to it.
So here’s the challenge: to create a function or subroutine that will allow us to use includes in our scripts. Code should be as concise as possible to reduce the amount of extra code we need while being able to operate under nearly any scripting situation.
It should also be flexible. We want to have a drop-in snippet that we can reuse in any code. We also want it to be able to accept different attributes for different situations. We’ll get into that in more detail later when you can see actual demonstrations of what I mean.
So let’s get started.
Next: Building the basic routine. >>
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