Script Encoder for PrimalScript 2009

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clum09
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Script Encoder for PrimalScript 2009

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Hello,

I tried to use the Script Encoder option in PrimalScript 2009 to encode the VBScript. I have Microsoft Script encoder version 1.0 installed on the machine that I used to package the script.

However, when I executed the packaged script, the vbscript was not encoded.

The Windows platform that PrimalScript runs is Windows Server 2008 R2, and the packaged script is also launched on Windows Server 2008 R2.

What is the problem?

Thanks.
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Re: Script Encoder for PrimalScript 2009

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Please include the build version of the product so that we can answer help answer your support questions.

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FYI, PrimalScript 2009 is no longer supported but we will try to provide assistance.

Please answer the following questions:

What options are you using to create the packaged exe?
And how are you determining that it’s not encoded?

Thank you,

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Re: Script Encoder for PrimalScript 2009

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Hi Davidc,

The PrimalScript version is 5.0.652.

On the Script Packager GUI:
Select "Security" from the left pane and select the check box "Encode scripts with the Microsoft Script Encoder" then click on Build.

I set the Script Packager to extract the script file to the temp folder during execution.

When I launch the packaged script in the Wscript mode, I check the temp folder for the extracted script file. The script file has an extension as .vbs and not .vbe. I open the script with a notepad or script editor, and see that the code is not encoded - the code is the same as the original code without any encoding sting.

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Re: Script Encoder for PrimalScript 2009

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An option at this point is to save the script encoded and add the encoded script to the package rather than the vbs file.

A better solution would be to use the SAPIEN Script Host to avoid temporary files all together. I am not sure if you have considered that.

Please note that the Microsoft Script Decoder is no longer developed or supported by Microsoft and will also be no longer supported in future versions of PrimalScript.

The SAPIEN Script Host options provide better encryption and safer execution than using the generic engine and temporary files, which can easily be decoded.
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Re: Script Encoder for PrimalScript 2009

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Alexander,

Thank you for the information about the SAPIEN Script Host option. I should have used this option a long time ago - I just did not know what this option did.

When I packaged the script with the SAPIEN Script Host option, and after I executed the packaged script, I don't see the Vbscript file extracted to a temp folder. Does this mean that there is no source script file extracted to the temp folder when I use the SAPIEN Script Host option to package the script? Where does the source script file go then if it is never extracted into a temp folder before the script is launched?

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If you use the SAPIEN Script Hosts the file is executed in memory. It is never extracted to a file.

This article here my help you understand the options a bit better:

http://www.sapien.com/blog/2010/01/19/h ... -packages/
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