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VBS to EXE - 12/20/2005 4:36:17 AM

mr_mido

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I was wondering how to convert from vbs to exe, I googled the net, and I found that many coders asks the same question.

is it possible to convert from VBS to EXE ?
many coders wrote NO

But this is what I found, and I thought to share it with you.

Script2EXE
http://www.xuebrothers.net/sh/userreg.htm

ExeScript
http://www.hide-folder.com/overview/hf_7.html

but these are shareware, does any one know any freeware tool ?

Thank you.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/20/2005 4:37:46 AM

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I have not seen any freeware to do this with Vbscript. But you can get one of the shareware's or look at AdminScriptEditor which essentially wraps a script in an exe.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/20/2005 5:32:47 AM

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Just so you know, all of the Script EXEs that I have ever seen are just glorified self extracting zip files and not true EXEs at all.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/20/2005 5:51:53 AM

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It all depends on what you mean when say VBS to EXE... If you mean like Ebgreen said, cramming the script into a self -extracting executable then there are applications that do that. I don't know what the price ranges are but they are out there. Now if you are talking about an actual executable that will run in a non-runtime manner than this is not a solution. When the executable runs it dumps the VBS out to a temp folder and runs the VBS. In secure systems that have locked down their systems to prevent the execution of mobile code this approach will not work. In this case you must slip and convert if necessary your VBS into VB and compile. This is really easy for basic scripts and is now free thanks to MS releasing VB Express (and others). http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/20/2005 8:58:10 AM

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granted it isnt freeware, but primal script pro seems to be able to do a true executable rather than a self-executing zip

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/20/2005 11:33:24 AM

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Not unless it converts it into another language, VBScript is a runtime language that must be passed into the wscript or cscript engines for compilation and execution.

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Addition:

If it is written in the VBScript language then is as far as I have know and/or have ever seen returned back into a normal readable .VBS file prior to execution. So no matter how you encrypt or sudo-compile it, it is always placed somewhere on the system in it's original form and the ran through a script engine.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/21/2005 3:05:55 AM

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Primalscript is creating a glorified self extracting zip as well. When you run the exe, it unpacks the script and runs it.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/21/2005 6:30:46 AM

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ebgreen is correct. To test it, do this:
Write a vbs that contains wscript.echo "test"
"compile" it into an exe with primalscript, and then run the exe.
When the popup rears its head, open explorer and go looing in your %temp% folder. YOu will see a file with a .vbs extensiont aht contains the script you just wrote. This file vanishes after finishing.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/21/2005 7:00:48 AM

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thank you all for the valuable information, I guess then it is not possible to convert it.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/21/2005 7:03:48 AM

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Well, its not possible to convert it through any automated process. It is relatively easy however to convert VBS to straight VB code then compile it.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/21/2005 5:02:09 PM

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well just bust my bubble then

source code is meant to be free anyways

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/22/2005 2:28:32 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: kirrilian
source code is meant to be free anyways

Try telling that to all the small software developers out there that make their livings through their code. :)

I know that I certainly wish I had the source to a NUMBER of apps!! Would save me thousands of dollars!

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/22/2005 4:40:05 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: DiGiTAL.SkReAM

quote:

ORIGINAL: kirrilian
source code is meant to be free anyways

Try telling that to all the small software developers out there that make their livings through their code. :)

I know that I certainly wish I had the source to a NUMBER of apps!! Would save me thousands of dollars!

true dat!

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RE: VBS to EXE - 12/26/2005 3:51:57 AM

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Two ways to know where the script is running, inside the executable's process, or in CScript.exe/WScript.exe's process:

1. write a line that certianlly produces error, make the exe and run it, the error message box will tell you where the source file is and which line has caused an error.

2. Write a loop that will not end, make the exe and run it, look at "Task list" to see if there is a CScript/WScript process.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 1/16/2006 8:03:20 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ebgreen
It is relatively easy however to convert VBS to straight VB code then compile it.

How is this done?

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RE: VBS to EXE - 1/16/2006 10:03:53 AM

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For those who never used VB, I don't think that's that easy, but of course not that difficult if you want to learn VB and already know VBS.

But what we want is an app that translate VBS to VB for us because we have no time learning another language.
Such an app could be done easily since translating from VBS to VB is so easy. The problem is that not every VBS methods are available in VB.
So some VBS lines will have to be replaced by more complex VB lines.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 5/7/2007 12:51:12 AM

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hello, I am trying to get a working version of exescript?
even 2.1 would be good, anyobdy can help me out????????

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RE: VBS to EXE - 5/7/2007 1:30:47 AM

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The link at the top of this page works. Go there and download the trial.

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RE: VBS to EXE - 5/7/2007 3:26:09 AM

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I recommend you to try 3.0 version of ExeScript.
More info here:
http://www.hide-folder.com/overview/hf_7.html

Richard Davids,
VBS to EXE convertion tool

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RE: VBS to EXE - 6/5/2007 2:06:49 PM

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I have had some luck inserting VBS code into VB. I just did that at work today. The biggest thing that I have found so far is that the wscript and shell commands won't work in VB. Some things, such as setting NTFS permissions seem to work better in VB though.

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