VBScript support in Internet Explorer 11

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Ensayo · Jul 5, 2013 · Viewed 89.5k times · Source

I tried the following HTML page with two scripts:

<html>
  …
  <body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      alert ('Javascript');
    </script>
    <script type="text/vbscript">
      msgbox "Vbscript"
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

On Windows 8.1 preview + Internet Explorer 11, the JavaScript worked, the VBScript did not.

On (Windows 8 + IE10), (Windows 7 + IE9), the two scripts worked.

I did not find any information about the end of VBScript support in Internet Explorer 11, did you?

Answer

The IE team has been trying to retire VBScript for years.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/Hh700404.aspx indicates that support was removed from the ExecScript API. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn384057(v=vs.85).aspx explains that it's removed from IE11 Edge mode in the Internet Zone.

If you add the following to your HEAD tag, your VBScript will run:

<meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="IE=10">

VBScript support in Internet Explorer 11

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