In an Active Server Pages script, you can reference a type library using the METADATA tag. This automatically imports the constants from a DLL. It is usually used for ADO constants and eliminates the need for the adovbs.inc include file.<\/p>\n
<!--METADATA TYPE="TypeLib" NAME="Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.6 Library" UUID="{00000206-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4}" VERSION="2.6" --><\/p>\n
You can do the same thing with a VBScript for Windows Script Host. I like to use these types of scripts for scheduled tasks because you cannot schedule an ASP page to run on schedule. Recently I had to create a VBScript to send out email reminders using the CDO.Message object so I needed to import its type library. The following code allows you to use a type library with Windows Script Host. You must use the WSF file extension because the script will be parsed as XML:<\/p>\n
<?xml version="1.0"?>\r\n<job id="script1">\r\n<reference guid="CD000000-8B95-11D1-82DB-00C04FB1625D"><\/reference>\r\n<script language="VBScript">\r\n<![CDATA[\r\n' script code follows here\r\n]]>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/job><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an Active Server Pages script, you can reference a type library using the METADATA tag. This automatically imports the constants from a DLL. It is usually used for ADO constants and eliminates the need for the adovbs.inc include file. … Continue reading