"Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant" <chris@No_Spam_Please.com> wrote
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> Can you do it as a stored procedure? This seems like a better more
> efficient way of going about it.
>
> Chris
>
> "Jonathan Allen" <x@x.x> wrote in message
> news:eLiM%23da$EHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> With VB6, I stored a lot of user-defined business rules in a database as
>> VBScript. The VB application would load and run the script as needed.
>> They were fairly simple, mainly field validation.
>>
>> Is there a way to do this in VB.Net? (I am willing to use VB.Net instead
>> of VBScript, so long as I can still store it as clear text rather than in
>> a compiled form.)
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>
>

"mr unreliable" <ReplyToNewsgroup@notmail.com> wrote in message
news:e6UI9za$EHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> hi Jonathan,
>
> This isn't the answer you asked for, but (my "Dutch Uncle Advice")
> forget vbScript, you ought to take a look at xml, which was designed
> for exactly what you are doing.
>
> cheers, jw
>
> p.s. In case you haven't tried it, xml is extremely easy to use from vb,
> much easier than vbScript. Here are some links:
>
> http://www.thescarms.com/XML/XMLTutorial.asp
>
> http://www.vbwm.com/art_2000/xmlcorner/0902/
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/default.aspx
>
>
> "Jonathan Allen" <x@x.x> wrote in message
> news:eLiM%23da$EHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> With VB6, I stored a lot of user-defined business rules in a database as
>> VBScript. The VB application would load and run the script as needed.
>> They
>> were fairly simple, mainly field validation.
>>
>> Is there a way to do this in VB.Net? (I am willing to use VB.Net instead
> of
>> VBScript, so long as I can still store it as clear text rather than in a
>> compiled form.)
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>
>

> With VB6, I stored a lot of user-defined business rules in a database
> as VBScript. The VB application would load and run the script as
> needed. They were fairly simple, mainly field validation.
>
> Is there a way to do this in VB.Net? (I am willing to use VB.Net
> instead of VBScript, so long as I can still store it as clear text
> rather than in a compiled form.)

> Or you can work out the details of being a VSA host and support scripts
> written in VB.Net.
>

"Jonathan Allen" <x@x.x> wrote in message
news:eLiM%23da$EHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> With VB6, I stored a lot of user-defined business rules in a database as
> VBScript. The VB application would load and run the script as needed. They
> were fairly simple, mainly field validation.
>
> Is there a way to do this in VB.Net? (I am willing to use VB.Net instead
> of VBScript, so long as I can still store it as clear text rather than in
> a compiled form.)
>
> Jonathan
>
>

"Jonathan Allen" <x@x.x> wrote in message
news:eLiM%23da$EHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> With VB6, I stored a lot of user-defined business rules in a database as
> VBScript. The VB application would load and run the script as needed. They
> were fairly simple, mainly field validation.
>
> Is there a way to do this in VB.Net? (I am willing to use VB.Net instead
of
> VBScript, so long as I can still store it as clear text rather than in a
> compiled form.)
>
> Jonathan
>
>