Is there an equivalent to CreateObject in JavaScript?

[Paul Hanchett]

I want to do some Win32 application automation from JavaScript. Is it
possible? Failing that, is there a way to execute an application from
JavaScript?

Paul

 

[VK]

Not with JavaScript, but with JScript (means it will work for IE only
and possibly for the latest NN8)

Use ActiveXObject for that. More reading and samples:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...n-us/script56/html/js56jsobjactivexobject.asp>

Sure a bunch of security limitations - read through.

 

[Martin Honnen]

I want to do some Win32 application automation from JavaScript. Is it
possible? Failing that, is there a way to execute an application from
JavaScript?

You can write Windows Script Host scripts in any active scripting
language, Windows comes with VBScript and JScript (MS version of
JavaScript) so to automate an application you simply use
var application = WScript.CreateObject('program.id')