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VBScript support in Mac OS 10.6

My level of computer ability is a 4.98/5 FYI.

I'm currently taking a required 'scripting w/ database & lab' course in college.
Instead of using a universal language and database like C++/PHP/Java w/ MySQL, they are using VBScript. (the point is to understand scripting not to learn a specific language)

I have to write .vbs scripts with notepad on windows, they run like an executable file though a user transparent vbscript interpreter.
-- If the scripts are run via a command prompt they use the command prompt for user input/output. If they are run like an executable the script processor creates a GUI for input/output coding.

My question is there any way to create .vbs scripts on Mac OS (my preferred OS), this would require a script processor.
--- Lookiing for a solution without BootCamp or Virtual Machines.

I know Mac OS is fully UNIX compatible, and can run linux, and linux GUI software with X11.

I'm wondering if there is a Mac OS X program that allows me to write vbscript code and run it and run it in a GUI fashion instead of a command line fashion (but command line is better than nothing if so possible).
-- Is there is a linux solution that has been ported to Darwin which would allow me to run simple vbscripts with X11 or native Mac OS which allow for executeable like runtime with GUIs for input/output instead of terminal input/output? (regardless of the code, a vbscript ran from a terminal uses the terminal for input/output, if ran like an executable the script processor creates a GUI window when input/output code is interpreted (at least in Windows).

iMac 27 i7, Mac OS X (10.6.5), VB Script support in Mac OS? Maybe a Linux port w/ X11 or native Mac OS GUI?

Posted on Nov 19, 2010 3:53 PM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2010 2:07 AM

In the short: No.

Why: It's a Microsoft-only-thing. And even there it's a dead horse.
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VBScript support in Mac OS 10.6

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