Re: VBScript on linux browsers

From: Allen Kistler (ackistler_at_oohay.moc)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:07:13 GMT

Amish Munshi wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Is there any browser on linux that supports VBScript? There is an
> application called flexcube which uses VBScript on client side. One of
> our clients have agreed to shift to linux provided their site does
> work on linux. They are also ready to buy CXOffice and run IE. But IE
> requires a windows license, which leaves that option closed.
> Thanks for the info you will provide.

One of the "strengths" of VBScript over JavaScript is that VBScript can
instantiate COM+ objects and run them in the browser, similarly to
running Java applets from JavaScript, except that COM+ is a service
offered by the OS.

The point: If there is any kind of client install for flexcube that
includes installing DLLs on the Windows client, it's essentially
impossible to replace the browser with anything that isn't IE.

If flexcube uses ActiveX, you're pretty much out of luck, too, I'd
guess. Although, technically, ActiveX can be replaced by signed Java
applets if the manufacturer chooses to support more than IE.

If, OTOH, flexcube just uses VBSript as an alternative to JavaScript,
you could support non-IE browsers just by rewriting all the web pages to
use JavaScript instead. I suspect that's a local customization
virtually nobody is willing to undertake.

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