Understanding VBScript and Meridian Power

Not all VBScript functions are available to Meridian Power since it runs on the Meridian web server, not on the client computer.

Following are the major functions that are not available, with corresponding recommended workarounds.

VBScript functions not available in Meridian Power
Function	Workaround
Global variables	Use object arguments instead as described in Understanding object arguments.
DebugAssert function	Not supported
WinInputBox function	Wizard page at the beginning of a batch process
WinMsgBox function	FailCurrent method or PrintDetails method (if batch object is available) Wizard page at the beginning of a batch process
ProjectWorkflowEvent_InitializeExpandItem and ProjectWorkflowEvent_BeforeExpandItem events	Not supported
Confirmation property The Client object methods	Not yet available
About the vault events
AddDocumentToBatch method and AddDocuments method	Not yet available
About the Briefcase object	Import packages
DocGenericEvent_PrepareCommand event	Not yet available
DocGenericEvent_OnProperties event when creating new folders	Not yet available
DocGenericEvent_*Print events	Not yet available
AS_PROP_CMD constants AS_PS_CMD_VIEW , AS_PS_CMD_APPLY, and AS_PS_CMD_CANCEL in the DocGenericEvent_OnProperties event	Assign property validation conditions.

Note

The values of check boxes and radio buttons on Meridian Power pages are sent to the web server only if they are selected (True). Meridian Enterprise Boolean properties that have not been explicitly set to either True or False contain no value. For these reasons, we recommend that you always test the values of Boolean properties for True and never for False whether the script is for Meridian Power or not.
A script that is not compatible with Meridian Power will not generate an error message. Thoroughly test all VBScript configuration expressions and event procedures that might be invoked by Meridian Power.