Answer by Helmut Burgemeister

Helmut Burgemeister — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:27:15 -0400

Here an example for a button to call a VBS-script from IE:

<div>
    <p:commandButton type="button" id="runFile" 
    style="background: lightgrey; margin-bottom: 5x; border: 2px solid"
    onclick="javascript:RunFile()" value="execute vbs-script">
    </p:commandButton>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    function RunFile() {
        WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        WshShell.Run("#{ivy.var.get("de_execute_sap_script")}", 5, false);
     }
</script>

The local path of the vbs-script is set in global variable. E.g.:"C:\Daten\skript_IVY_Test.vbs"

The security for the trusted zone in IE should include the IP and name of ivy-server. And set "initialize and script activex control not marked as safe" to "Prompt" in the security settings for trusted zone.

Answer by Reguel Wermelinger

Reguel Wermelinger — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:32:58 -0400

Generally it seems to be possible to call VBS from JavaScript: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/466059/calling-vbscript-from-javascript-or-vice-versa

So it should be possible to invoke it via the RequestContext framework, which let's you invoke javascript on the client: http://www.primefaces.org/showcase/ui/misc/requestContext.xhtml

Answers to: How to call VBS-Script on Client with JSF?

Answer by Helmut Burgemeister

Answer by Reguel Wermelinger