I have a small vbs file which i use to focus a window on my windows OS.
Dim ObjShell :Set ObjShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
ObjShell.AppActivate(WScript.Arguments.Item(0))
i run this script by passing a commandline argument. ex - focuser.vbs "Notepad"
it works perfectly fine when i run it through my commandline(cmd).
But i want to execute this file from a node/express server. Here is the code which im using to do so.
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const shell = require('shelljs')
app.get("/",(req,res,next)=>{
shell.exec('focuser.vbs "Notepad"')
res.send("Automation Complete");
});
app.listen(9111,()=>{
console.log("listening on port 9111");
});
It does work and it does run the vbs file. but my window doesn't get focused.
how do i know whether the script is getting executed or not? ans - that particular window's icon blinks on my task bar.
Why is this happening ? and how do i make that window popup on my screen so that i can interact with it?
