Is it possible to convert VBscript to InstallScript?

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There is no direct conversion from VBScript to InstallScript.

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InstallScript Information:

The InstallShield interface and wizards process installation scripts written in a scripting language called InstallScript, which is similar in many respects to the programming languages C and Pascal. InstallScript programs can contain different types of variables, looping and branching constructs, userdefined functions with local variables, and other constructs found in most full-featured programming languages.

Several categories of online help are available from within InstallShield under the Help menu. The InstallShield Help Library allows you to browse categorical help listings, search the help index, and find any word or phrase contained in the reference materials. In addition, project tutorials, frequently asked questions, and an InstallScript language reference are available in the InstallShield Help Library.

VBScript Information:

Based on the Microsoft reference VBScript found here:

"Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition brings active scripting to a wide variety of environments, including Web client scripting in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Web server scripting in Microsoft Internet Information Service

If you already know Visual Basic or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), VBScript will be very familiar. The basic concepts of VBScript are common to most programming languages.

VBScript talks to host applications using Windows Script. With Windows Script, browsers and other host applications do not require special integration code for each scripting component. Windows Script enables a host to compile scripts, obtain and call entry points, and manage the namespace available to the developer. With Windows Script, language vendors can create standard language run times for scripting. Microsoft will provide run-time support for VBScript. Microsoft is working with various Internet groups to define the Windows Script standard so that scripting engines can be interchangeable. Windows Script is used in Microsoft Internet Explorer and in Microsoft Internet Information Service.

As a developer, you can license VBScript source implementation at no charge for use in your products. Microsoft provides binary implementations of VBScript for the 32-bit Windows API, the 16-bit Windows API, and the Macintosh. VBScript is integrated with World Wide Web browsers. VBScript and Windows Script can also be used as a general scripting language in other applications."

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