As I had to learn there is a major issue with EA on Windows 8(.1): VBScripts do not run anymore (they don't even start and there is no error message or nothing - clicking on "Run" is like a No-Op), because the scripting environment in Windows 8+ has apparently changed such, that EA has trouble with it. The very same scripts run fine on Windows 7, btw.
I reported this >2 months ago, but Sparx support so far was unable to provide a solution. So I am bringing this to the forum in the hope that some other user may have found a solution or could at least provide me some hint what to try or install to remedy this.
I include Sparx' response to my problem report to avoid that others bother to provide the same suggestions:
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We had the same issue with a Microsoft user using Windows 8.1. It seems the access to the VBscript.dll is not correctly supported in Windows 8.1.
Here are a couple of processes to check. Unfortunately we did not resolve exactly which process corrected the issue:
1) Try registering the DLL.
Open a command prompt (as administrator) and run the following command:
regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\jscript.dll & C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vbvscript.dll
If the problem continues, try re-installing the Windows Scripting Service - see the following page for more information.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9491402) Try also re-registering using regsvr32 the following:
\Program Files (x86)\Sparx Systems\EA\VEA\x86\SSAgent32.dll
\Program Files (x86)\Sparx Systems\EA\VEA\x86\SSScriptAgent32.dll
Let us know how you go with this.
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Alas, none of these items helped or were even possible! All the mentioned .dll's don't even exist on my Windows 8.1 system and the hint behind the knowledge-base link suggests to install a stone-old windows scripting environment but its installer refuses to run (with error msg. "this OS version is not supported" or something similar)...
Has maybe anyone else found a way to get EA scripting back to life?
Michael
