VBScript echo equivalent in JavaScript for Macro Express Pro

Question

With the recent deprecation of VBScript in IE11, I need to convert all my code that I have as an external script in Macro Express Pro. I've tried using JScript, but the macro runs for about a second and does nothing. I decided to switch to HTA/HTML and have the code print within a window. I've converted all the VBScript to the JavaScript equivalents, but I'm stuck with WScript.Echo. Is there a JavaScript equivalent for this?

I have a variable named %Variables% in the "Save console output to:" box. With WScript.Echo, if I need to exit out of the script and go back to VBScript, I can use the code below:

If Opt = "" Then
   Wscript.Echo "EXIT"
   Wscript.Quit
End If

This will send "EXIT" to %Variables% so that it can be used by Macro Express Pro to terminate the macro completely.

Is there a JavaScript way of doing the exact same thing?

Jonathan.Brink Jonathan.Brink · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-18T20:20:08

If you need to stop JavaScript execution you can always use return to exit the current function naturally, but that obviously won't work if you have nested functions.

Probably the next-best alternative would be to throw an exception to stop execution.

As for "echo" you can use the global console object. For example:

console.log("hello world");

Edit:

For a 500 milisecond "sleep" use setTimeout:

setTimeout(function() {
    console.log('hello');
}, 500);

Note that setTimeout will not block the process however like sleep does on some other platforms.

VBScript echo equivalent in JavaScript for Macro Express Pro

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