Hi Paul,

>What can be done with a script language and cannot be done otherwise?

The Windows Scripting Host has the advantage that current versions of Windows include it and for others it's freely distributable. I'm not sure what the advantages are of VBScript in a windows environment, except that you can create such a script at the MS-DOS prompt. *g*

But they offer real advantage when we deal with FoxPro DOS applications, because they are a simple interface to the windows world. You can use such a script, for example, to print HTML from a DOS application, to create Word documents, and such.

Christof