Hi,
I am trying to make a simple java script to active a program
that runs on windows called rasmol.  I have modified a jscript
that comes from a microsoft site that runs excel.
When it runs it comes up with:
 'Windows Scripting Host -Script Execution Error'
Category: 'WScript.CreateObject'
Description:'Could not locate automation class named Raswin.Application'

Code:

Telling it where the application is stored doesn't work either.
var objRM = WScript.CreateObject("c:\\zips\\raswin.exe");

I am sure this is a simple problem that faces people when they just
start using scripts. Could anyone tell me how to launch the application and
then send commands to it?

Cheers

Heather

RasWin.Application may not be the correct ProgID. Just because Word and
Excell use .Application doesn't mean that every app does.
If the app supports OLE Automation you can find it with the OLE Viewer (see
previous post).
Or use the VBA editor in Excel (<Alt> <F11>) and try adding a reference
(tools menu) to that exe.
Don't be surprised if it doesn't work.

If your app doesn't support OLE automation you can use the WSHShell.run
method and use 'sendkeys' or 'scriptit' to automate execution.

Regards,
Ian
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