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Powershell and VBscript: running PS from VBscript and issue returning value back to VBScript

Answered Powershell and VBscript: running PS from VBscript and issue returning value back to VBScript

  • Friday, March 08, 2013 5:34 PM
     
     
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    I am calling powershell script from Vbscript. How can i pass variable value back to vbscript from powershell function or script (either way)?


    I am expecting msgbox output or msgbox TestFn to display Hello World but both of them dispaly blank/nothing.



    Test1.vbs:
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    set shell = createobject("wscript.shell")
    shell.run("powershell.exe -file C:\Scripts\TestFn.ps1")
    output=TestFn
    msgbox output
    msgbox TestFn

    TestFn.ps1
    ------------

    function TestFn 
    { 
        $a = "Hello World" 
        return $a 
    }

     

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  • Friday, March 08, 2013 5:53 PM
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    They are separate processes without any inter-process communication, so that's not going to work (as you have already found out).

    What problem will this solve?

    Bill

     
  • Friday, March 08, 2013 5:58 PM
     
     
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    This is just a example I am trying.

    But I am trying to use encrypted password and trying to access that password from vbscript and use it in the VBScript.

     
  • Friday, March 08, 2013 6:05 PM
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    Is this related to your earlier question?

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ITCG/thread/47a7199b-d105-4b04-8d26-f249885167b6

    If so, then the answer is in your other question. ConnectServer will not accept an encrypted password. You must pass it a plain text password.

    Is your real question about how to get an input password in VBScript and hide it as it's being typed?

    Bill

     
  • Friday, March 08, 2013 6:22 PM
     
     
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    Yes Bill. Sorry for two threads. Yes. that was my question. So there is no way to hide password when using ConnectServer in Vbscript?

     
  • Friday, March 08, 2013 6:29 PM
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    Just wanted to clarify the question.

    You can do it from an HTA, which is an HTML application. In this case you can use the <input type="password"> HTML element.

    You can do it from a shell script (batch file) by using the editv32.exe (or editv64.exe) program that I wrote a while back. This program lets you interactively edit an environment variable and it supports masked input using the -m parameter.

    There is not a direct way to retrieve input in a VBScript script and hide it while it is being typed.

    Bill