(VBScript) Prevent JavaScript Infinite Loops

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

' This is the JavaScript we'll run:

' console.log('Starting infinite loop...'); while(true) {};

set sbScript = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbScript.Append("console.log('Starting infinite loop...'); while(true) {};")

set js = CreateObject("Chilkat.Js")

' Set a limit on the amount of time (in seconds) the script is allowed to run.
' If the JavaScript takes longer than this amount of time, then Chilkat kills the script without crashing the host program.
' The default value of TimeoutSeconds is 0, which indicates no limit.
' For this example, set a limit of 2 seconds.
js.TimeoutSeconds = 2

set result = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
result.EmitCompact = 0

' Run the script..
success = js.Eval(sbScript,result)
If (success = 0) Then
    ' Examine the result for an exception.
    outFile.WriteLine(result.Emit())

    ' The result contains this:

    ' 	{
    ' 	  "exception": {
    ' 	    "message": "interrupted - JavaScript exceeded the Chilkat.Js.TimeoutSeconds",
    ' 	    "stack": [
    ' 	      {
    ' 	        "func": "<eval>",
    ' 	        "file": "<input>",
    ' 	        "line": 1,
    ' 	        "col": 8
    ' 	      }
    ' 	    ]
    ' 	  }
    ' 	}

    ' Also examine the LastErrorText.
    outFile.WriteLine(js.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' We should never get here..
outFile.WriteLine("Succeeded.")
outFile.WriteLine(result.Emit())

outFile.Close

console.log('Starting infinite loop...');
while(true) {};