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Using visual basic in say Excel, I am able to declare WinAPI functions using the DECLARE keyword – e.g.
Declare Function SetLocaleInfo Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetLocaleInfoA" ( _
ByVal Locale As Long,
ByVal LCType As Long,
ByVal lpLCData As String
) As Boolean
However when using this syntax in a *.VBS file – it fails with a compile error.
Can anyone tell me what I need to do to run WinAPI functions from *.VBS files?
You can’t run WinAPI functions from VBScript without some extra third-party support.
I believe there used to be vendor of a COM component which allowed VBScript to call into a standard dll but I can’t remember what it was called and its quite possible that my imagination is playing tricks on me.