RE: windows installer - vbs vs bat startup script

[JohnD]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Eaton [mailto:jwe@octave.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 11:49 AM
> To: Nicholas Jankowski; JohnD
> Cc: octave-maintainers
> Subject: Re: windows installer - vbs vs bat startup script
> 
> On 8/27/20 11:44 AM, Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
> >     I wonder if the issue is trying to run the .vbs script, or trying to
> >     run a program as hidden from another program ?____
> >
> >     __ __
> >
> >     If it just the general act of running a .vbs script , we could just
> >     a small program using activex and call almost the same commands
> >     from within it.
> >
> >
> > if the issue with vbs files is the various, potentially conflicting,
> > non-standard security protocols,  is activex any better? I wasn't aware
> > it was supported outside of a browser environment.
> 
> Does it need to be a script or could the same job be done with a
> separate .exe program file that sets up the environment appropriately
> and then execs the real Octave binary?
> 
> jwe

It could be a separate program