Solution to Wscript and HTML Integration

Much to my disgrace, I could get WSCript to work with HTML for hours.
The error "WScript is undefined" has puzzled me throughout the night, but finally the problem is solved.


What's the Problem?


According to MSDN, "the WScript object is the root object of the Windows Script Host object model hierarchy. It never needs to be instantiated before invoking its properties and methods, and it is always available from any script file. "

Simply put WScript provides access to root object for the Windows Script Host object model.

WScript is the default Windows Script Host Object, HTML can only communicate with it via ActiveX. So that's why we need ActiveXObject() instead of WScript.CreateNewOjbect(). And instead of WScript.Echo(); we have to use window.alert which is a built-in function for Javascript.


The initial js Code:

var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject("iTunes.Application");
WScript.Echo(allPlaylistNames());

function allPlaylistNames() {
var librarySource = iTunesApp.LibrarySource;
var listOfPlaylists = librarySource.Playlists;
var playlistReturn = new Array();

for(i = 1; i <= listOfPlaylists.Count; i++) { playlistReturn[i] = listOfPlaylists.Item(i).Name + '[[sep]]p_' + i; } return playlistReturn.sort(); }


Change it to :

var iTunesApp = new ActiveXObject("iTunes.Application");
window.alert(allPlaylistNames());

function allPlaylistNames(){
var librarySource = iTunesApp.LibrarySource;
var listOfPlaylists = librarySource.Playlists;
var playlistReturn = new Array();

for(i = 1; i <= listOfPlaylists.Count; i++) {
playlistReturn[i] = listOfPlaylists.Item(i).Name + '[[sep]]p_' + i;
}
return playlistReturn.sort();

}

References:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/at5ydy31.aspx
http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/84583.aspx
http://microsoft.apress.com/asptodayarchive/73503/accessing-the-windows-system-using-activex-and-html