I like others have been watching this thread. From the evidence presented thus far it sounds like there is something about the PC that is causing the problem. For example the executable compiled by Bob also failed and the fact that no one seems to have heard of this before makes the PC (in my mind)...

Thanks Marcus for the explanations, and others for the comments. Marcus - could it be related that only 2 of the 3 files were on the PC, and there are version dependencies between them. As I said, the PC had the 2 DLL's, but not the OCX. Is the versioning of these 3 files packaged together, and mayb...

One loose end is a question why the target PC had to have them installed/registered. The documentation doesn't list any requirements for a computer to be able to run compiled exe's. I think this concretely demonstrates there are some. I think MS is a wonderful product, and in combination with qodbc,...

Resolved- I had to take the 3 files referenced in my initial post in this thread, and register them on the target machine. vbscript.dll msscript.ocx scrrun.dll The ocx file did not exist on the target machine. And the 2 dll's were older versions than the ones on my PC. I simply took the 3 files from...

OK. Downloaded the script engine from the Microsoft site, required a reboot of the PC, and still getting the same error on starting the script from an executable. I have no idea what to try now to get this to run unattended. The business process I want to do here is during the middle of the night, t...

Am I looking for the vb script engine links?

OK...here's the update. First, the exe Bob sent me gave the same error as the exe's that I compile. Specifically, its an dialog box with a title of 'Information'. The test of the box is "Error initializing MSScript Contol" When my Dad clicked OK, the script started and I got your 'Sensible Solutions...

got it. testing with the shop this afternoon.

Also, can someone answer the question in regards to any requirements on the target PC running an exe without MSSChed. Since the exe is telling me it couldn't initialize the msscript control, and the post referenced earlier in the thread discusses registering an ocx file name msscript.ocx, does that ...

Bob - I never received an email

Not sure why.

scott at grimeball dot com

replace "at" and "dot" with the symbols.

I checked (on the computer I'm trying to compile with) that the 3 files specified above are present in the system32 directory and are registered. I am running .net framework 2.0 on my compiling pc. I have not checked anything on the target PC as I am looking for clarity on any requirements/dependenc...

I compile. I've sent about 4 different versions at this point trying to fix it, but I've been able to deduce that the dialog box is showing before the script starts, so I can't automate my way around it unattended. Not sure if I mentioned it before, but once I click OK, the script executes fine even...

As I said, the error box is showing before the script takes control. As part of troubleshooting, I did a messagemodal> as the first line to let me know when the compiled script begin executing. THe sequence of events is I get the information box about the MSSCRIPT control could not be initialized. I...

I am getting the error in the post referenced here: http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3297&highlight=msscript+control+error I am using MS 10.1.02. I have a script I am trying to compile to deploy to a retail store location to make an automated backup of my POS databases, as well as kickoff...