How to Embed VBScript in cmd/bat script (VBscript vs. Batch DOS)

A leading colon in a [gs batch] [gs file] is ignored because it denotes a label; it is ignored in VBscript because it is a command separator. Thus the batch [gs script] can search itself for lines beginning with a colon and write them out to a temporary vbs file and then execute it.

Example

@echo off


echo This is batch


:wscript.echo "This VBScript"


:wscript.echo "Today is " & day(date) & "-" & month(date) & "-" & year(date)


findstr "^:" "%~sf0">temp.vbs & cscript //nologo temp.vbs & del temp.vbs


echo This is batch again

The result

This is batch


This VBScript


Today is 21-4-2010


This is batch again

Maybe you want to use some GUI feature of wscript e.g. to get user input...

Another Example

@echo off


:wscript.echo InputBox("Enter your name")


findstr "^:" "%~sf0">temp.vbs & for /f "delims=" %%N in ('cscript //nologo temp.vbs') do set name=%%N & del temp.vbs


echo You entered %name%

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