How to call VBScript from Python script

[botbob]

Hi,

I am using DIAdem 2022 and trying to use two scripts together.

One is VBScript and another one is Python script. I want to call the VBScript as Python functions, which could pass parameters and return results.

Are there built-in functions that allow me to do that? I find article close to it, but it does not contain the solution I need. Calling VB and Other Scripts From Python Script in NI DIAdem - NI

Otherwise, one solution may use JSON to pass parameters.

[Walter_Rick]

Hello botbob,

„ScriptStart“ is the command to call a VBS function out of Python. The easiest way to exchange data between Python and VBS is a global defined variable.

Python Script:

dd.GlobalDim("myPara")
dd.myPara = 2
dd.ScriptStart("d:\\test\\vbstest.vbs", "CallPrint")

VBS Script:

sub CallPrint
  select case myPara 
    case 1
      msgbox "1. Hallo"
    case 2
      msgbox "2. Hallo"
  end select
end sub

Greetings

Walter