.Net Equivalent to a VBS Script?

20 Aug 2006 3:19 PM

Alex Maghen

Is there a way to build a .net file in C# which will JIT compile and execute
when double-clicked (a la the old .vbs scripting approach)? This would just
be a nice, convenient way for me to do some scripting where I don't want to
have to build a whole project and application.

Alex

20 Aug 2006 5:18 PM

Flowering Weeds

"Alex Maghen"

> Is there a way to build a .net file in C#

>This would just be a nice, convenient
> way for me to do some scripting where
> I don't want to have to build a whole
> project and application.
>

Perhaps:

Microsoft's free CMD.exe .NET
upgrade Windows PowerShell

MSN Search
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=PowerShell

21 Aug 2006 11:40 AM

Linda Liu [MSFT]

Hi Alex,

I am sorry but I don't think you could build a program in C# which will be
JIT compiled and executed when double-click just like the old .vbs
scripting approach.

In fact, .Net programs do have the feature of JIT compilation, however,
this JIT compilation is different from the JIT compilation of .vbs
scripting approach. We must compile the .Net source file into Microsoft
intermediate language first and the JIT compiler will convert the MSIL to
native code when the program is executed.

For more information on JIT compilation in .Net framework, you may refer to
the following link.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconjitcompilation.asp

If you have anything unclear, please feel free to tell me.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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21 Aug 2006 5:50 PM

Phil Wilson

If you're going to build a C# source file, then why not add an extra step
using ICodeCompiler to build it into an executable? Then you can obviously
run it!

--
Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]

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"Alex Maghen" <AlexMaghen@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:B58EB8EC-0209-4CDE-90C9-A25DBE93252E@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to build a .net file in C# which will JIT compile and
> execute
> when double-clicked (a la the old .vbs scripting approach)? This would
> just
> be a nice, convenient way for me to do some scripting where I don't want
> to
> have to build a whole project and application.
>
> Alex

22 Aug 2006 4:07 AM

Damien

Alex Maghen wrote:

> Is there a way to build a .net file in C# which will JIT compile and execute
> when double-clicked (a la the old .vbs scripting approach)? This would just
> be a nice, convenient way for me to do some scripting where I don't want to
> have to build a whole project and application.
>
> Alex

Hi Alex,

There's nothing "out of the box", but this article by Dino Esposito
might help:

http://www.vsj.co.uk/articles/display.asp?id=417

Damien