VBScript to be deprecated

jkpieterse

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To my fellow VBA developers. If you have projects that depend on the Scripting Runtime library, beware. VBScript is going to be turned off and subsequently deprecated on Windows clients. Things like the Dictionary object, the FileSystemObject and other useful libraries will no longer be available and cause compile errors in your code. It isn't happening soon, but at least you'll have time to plan ahead: VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps
 

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Book1
AB
1Data
2alfalfa
3FormulasQuestions
4TRUEDoes it contain the letter 'a'?
5TRUEDoes it contain any lower case letters?
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A4A4=REGEXTEST(A2,"a")
A5A5=REGEXTEST(A2,"[a-z]")
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A7A7=REGEXTEST(A2,"[aeiou]")
A8A8=REGEXTEST(A2,"[0-9]")
 
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The details are in the comments of the article being linked to in several of the above posts.
From: nolongerset
  • vbscript.dll:
    • Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 1.0
    • Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5
  • scrrun.dll:
    • Microsoft Scripting Runtime
Reply from the author: Naveen Shankar
"The scope of VBScript deprecation includes only vbscript.dll and no other libraries. This shall not impact any projects that are not dependent on vbscript.dll."
Additional Ref:
> The "Microsoft Scripting Runtime" reference (scrrun.dll) is not going anywhere. That means the FileSystemObject and Dictionary object are both safe for now.
 
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