The string you passed as an argument to the Execute statement cannot be parsed as a statement. The Execute statement can be used to dynamically execute VBScript code. For example, consider the following VBScript code.
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Execute "msgbox 1" 'This works because msgbox is a statement. Execute "5*4" 'This fails because 5*4 cannot be interpreted as a statement. | |
The Expected statement error is also generated during the compilation of any script code that expects a statement, not just by Execute and Eval. For example, the following code causes this error in Internet Explorer,
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<html>
<script language=vbscript>
5*4
</script>
</html> | |
Notice that there are two distinct and unrelated Execute statements in VBScript,
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the Execute statement that compiles and executes statements on the fly,
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the Regular Expression Execute method.
To correct this error
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Confirm that the string being passed to Execute is a statement.
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If the string you want to evaluate is an expression, use Eval.
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