active X or server setup!?!

[ober0330]

I want to edit a user's hosts file and I've been told to use VBScript to do this. Do I need to have anything setup special on the server to do this (use VBScript)? I'm using Apache for development and will be migrating to IIS for deployment.

And then I guess the next question is how to use the FSO in VBScript... does anyone have any examples?

[salvelinus]

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[ober0330]

AH! *tags back*

30 second mandatory no tag back rule in effect!

[mendhak]

Originally posted by ober5861
I want to edit a user's hosts file and I've been told to use VBScript to do this. Do I need to have anything setup special on the server to do this (use VBScript)? I'm using Apache for development and will be migrating to IIS for deployment.

And then I guess the next question is how to use the FSO in VBScript... does anyone have any examples?

I'm not sure if you can work with the client's files like that. You'd probably need to use an ActiveX control.

What sort of an FSO example do you want?

[ober0330]

Actually... it is possible and I psuedo-solved the problem.

The only roadblock now is the fact that IE is set as a default to not run vbscript (or at least the FSO object). So now I either have to run around and reset that or go another route, possibly with a vb "patch".