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• JobScheduler supports VBScript for implementation of jobs:
  • support for VBScript with a Master is available since long
  • support for ScriptControl:VBScript jobs with Agents is available with 

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• The support for VBScript includes Shell jobs and API jobs:.that
  • VBScript jobs can use objects, methods and properties of the JobScheduler API for VBScript
  • ScriptControl:
  • VBScript jobs can use the objects and methods of the JobScheduler API for ScriptControl:VBScript.
• Some minor differences exist between VBScript jobs for Master and Agents, see Compatibility between VBScript and ScriptControl:VBScript.
• VBScript jobs are configured language support is configured with
  • <script language="VBScript"> for execution with a Master
  • <script language="ScriptControl:VBScript"> for execution with Agents.

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Compatibility between VBScript and ScriptControl:VBScript

• Use of callback functions
  • VBScript jobs are required to implement as a minimum the callback function spooler_process().
  • ScriptControl:VBScript jobs can implement the spooler_process() function, however, they are not required to do so. Any script code that is added directly to the job script will implicitely be executed for a job step similar to spooler_process().
• Use of the JobScheduler API
  • VBScriipt jobs make use of objects, methods and properties of the JobScheduler API for VBScript.
  • ScriptControl:VBScript jobs make use of objects and methods of the JobScheduler API for ScriptControl:VBScript
  • Syntactical differences include
    
    • With ScriptControl:VBScript no properties are available, instead the information can be accessed by methods:
      • VBScript example: spooler_task.id
      • ScriptControl:VBScript example: spooler_task.id()
    • With ScriptControl:VBScript assignments to properties are replaced by methods:
      • VBScript example: spooler_job.max_order_setbacks = 2
      • ScriptControl:VBScript example: spooler_job.set_max_order_setbacks( 2 )
    • With ScriptControl:VBScript assignments of more than one value to properties requires a Call statement:
      • VBScript example: spooler_job.delay_after_error( 2 ) = 10 ' A 10 second delay after the 2nd consecutive error
      • ScriptControl:VBScript example: Call spooler_job.set_delay_after_error( 2, 10 ) ' A 10 second delay after the 2nd consecutive error
    • Objects can be specified as methods:
      • VBScript example: spooler_task.order.params
      • ScriptControl:VBScript example: spooler_task.order.params and spooler_task.order().params()