Summary

Synopsis

On the whole, VBScripts are not recommended due changing contexts often preventing their proper functionality and their deceptively easy use hides their primary weakness; the difficulty troubleshooting them. Because of this, the strongly critical caution below against VBScript custom actions from Microsoft's own developers should be taken into account.

Discussion

Additional Information

For more information on custom actions, see the InstallShield Help topic Using Custom Actions.

From Microsoft's developers' web blogs:

• VBScript (and Jscript) MSI CustomActions suck
• VBScript (and Jscript) MSI Custom Actions (don't have to) suck

For additional code samples of VBScript and Windows Script Host (and Jscript) documentation, see Microsoft's page Scripting Help File.