Contains script that defines the behavior of a Windows Script (.wsf) file.

<script language="language" [src="strFile"]>
     script here
</script> 

Arguments

language

The name of the scripting language, such as VBScript or JScript, used in the script block.

strFile

The name of the script file to include into the script block.

Remarks

If XML validation is not enabled, the XML parser ignores all lines inside the <script> element. However, if XML validation is enabled by including the <?XML?> element at the top of the Windows Script (.wsf) file, the XML parser can misinterpret greater than (>), less than (<), and other symbols used in script as XML delimiters.

If you are creating a file that conforms closely to XML syntax, you must ensure that characters in your script element are not treated as XML-reserved characters. To do this, enclose the actual script in a <![CDATA[ ... ]]> section. This applies to all data blocks - <example>, <description>, and <resource>. All may need CDATA markers if <?XML?> is specified and if they include XML-reserved characters.

Note   Do not include a CDATA section unless you also include the <?XML?> declaration.

Example

The following example incorporates two jobs into one .wsf file, using two different scripting languages:

<package>
   <job id="DoneInVBS">
   <?job debug="true"?>
      <script language="VBScript">
         WScript.Echo "This is VBScript"
      </script>
   </job>

   <job id="DoneInJS">
   <?job debug="true"?>
      <script language="JScript">
         WScript.Echo("This is JScript"); 
      </script>
   </job>
</package>

See Also

<runtime> Element | <named> Element | <description> Element | <example> Element | <object> Element | <package> Element | <resource> Element | <?XML?> Element