How to include a JavaScript file in another JavaScript file THAT IS NOT RUN FROM INSIDE A BROWSER? [duplicate]

Question

I know that many similar questions have been asked before. The difference in my case is that I am using Windows Scripting Host and am running the script from the DOS command line, not from inside a browser.

The only way I can think of doing this is to read the file from the disk as text using fso.OpenTextFile(ThisFile, 1), and then using the eval function to treat the text as code.

Is there a more convenient way?

Smarm

Googling for wsh include file javascript seems to turn up good solutions? – Fastback

Yes it does seem like a duplicate, sorry! – Smarm

Answer 1

As far as I can tell, no, that's the only real option. Example:

text.js:

var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var ts = fso.OpenTextFile("foo.js");
var script = ts.ReadAll();
eval(script);
foo();
WScript.Echo(bar);

foo.js:

var bar = "testing";
function foo() {
    WScript.Echo("foo");
}

Output:

foo
testing

Reinold