Activate Rev.

[Mark MacKenzie]

Yes you are correct I think.

Please see this URL for more information from the horse's mouth.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/scriptcenter/scrptfaq.asp

There is a table on that page which details OS and what works or not.

There is even a promise  of future development of a script which will 
query the host system for details on whether other scripts will run or not.

Windows installers such as SetUpFactory from Indigo Rose which I have 
used a lot, will poll the windows system and allow separate, Boolean 
logic driven installs of ancillary software.

However, another caveat when considering Windows or VB scripts for 
activating Revolution is that on my system (XP with McCafee) the 
antivirus software throws a suspicious script activity warning requiring 
"training" by the user.  Not a good user/client confidence building 
exercise!

So, I don't think the current scripting ideas do what was originally 
wanted.  Looking at a direct comand line script may be better.

Regards Mark MacKenzie

Christopher Mitchell wrote:

> Regarding Windows Scripting Host, isn't it optional on the system 
> install?  I seem to recall many times having to select it to be 
> installed... Just thinking out loud that this might be an issue if one 
> becomes dependent on its presence, unlike Applescript which is fully 
> integrated, and used frequently as a result.
>
> I could be wrong here!
>