Display VBScript Output

Microsoft VBScript is a general-purpose, active scripting language designed for various environments. Robomotion users can run VBScript scripts through their flows and unlock unlimited automation capabilities.

What Display VBScript Output can do

• Build script (Core.Programming.Function) — stores the inline VBScript body in msg.vbs_script, builds a temp path msg.vbs_path under $TempDir$ (fallback C:\Windows\Temp), and prepares msg.vbs_args = ['//Nologo', msg.vbs_path].
• Write temp VBS (Core.FileSystem.WriteFile, optMode: truncate) — writes msg.vbs_script to msg.vbs_path.
• Run VBScript (Core.Process.StartProcess) — runs cscript with msg.vbs_args, captures stdout into msg.vbscript_output.
• Delete temp VBS (Core.FileSystem.Delete, continueOnError: true) — cleans up the temp .vbs file.
• Trim output (Core.Programming.Function) — strips trailing CR/LF from msg.vbscript_output.
• Message Dialog (Core.Dialog.MessageBox, optType: info) titled Output from VBScript: shows msg.vbscript_output, then Core.Flow.Stop.

Behind the scenes

• WScript.Echo writes to stdout under cscript.exe; under wscript.exe it would pop a modal. The flow uses cscript so the value arrives via stdout and can be captured.
• The temp file name includes Date.now() to avoid collisions across concurrent runs; deletion is best-effort (continueOnError).
• VBScript is deprecated in Windows 11 24H2 — for new work prefer PowerShell.