Hosting WSH (VBScript, JavaScript) in your delphi application?

Question

I'm looking to execute user supplied scripts from my Delphi application.

Is it possible to host the Windows Script Host engine in my application and supply it with scripts to execute? Or, is there a better way to approach this problem?

P.S I'm not looking for third-party components.

Answer 1

This is entirely possible and there is plenty of code out there that shows how to do this. Check out: http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=280

Answer 2

I think you're looking for Windows Script Control.

Answer 3

You don't need any thrid party components for using Windows Script Host. We use it for ten years and have built a huge ERP system around it with more than 1 million of source code lines in VBScript.

You should use Windows Script Control in order to tell to Windows Script Host or just connect directly through known interfaces.

Answer 4

Allen Bauer made a blog post about using Active Scripting a few years back. It goes into the theory behind it and links to code on Code Central which supports VBScript and JavaScript, no third party components necessary.