Hi

We have a problem with unsent/unrecieved messages/strings. The task order is:
1. ActiveSMS recieves incoming message and calls a vbs script.
2. vbs script handles with several arguments and calls our own software, our software reads the arguments and returns a string to standard output.
3. vbs script reads from standard output and hands over something to ActiveSMS.
4. ActiveSMS sends a message to an user.

Problem is if I send a message to ActiveSMS either I will not recieve any answer or the part from our software is missing. (I checked both incoming and outgoing log files.)
If I try to run the script manually with parameters (step 1 is omitted) everything is alright and I will recieve whole message including string generated by our programme. (I also let wrote out all used strings to console, it is ok.)

There must be hidden error which I cannot found. Can somebody help me?
Thanks
David Hajny

Hi David,

Often these types of problems are related to security, as ActiveSMS will run you script using a LocalSystem account rather than your own login.

I would suggest adding trace logging to your script, i.e. write progress updates to a file. This should allow you to see how far your script gets before it has a problem.

Problem was solved several weeks ago. I did not know that vbs script is unable to run application via commandline and read from StdOut.