object

Required. Always the name of a ExternalVBScript object.

newitem

Optional. If provided, newitem tells the ExternalVBScript whether (true) or not (false) to display debugging information in the console.

//	Create the array to store the arguments.
var arr = new Array();
//	Enter the arguments in name-value pairs.
arr.push("Filter");
arr.push("Text Files|*.txt|Excel Files|*.xls|All Files|*.*");
arr.push("initdir");
arr.push("C:\\AAWork");

//	Create an ExternalVBScript object.
var o = new ActiveDocument.ExternalVBScript(g_strUserTempPath, "OpenFileDialog.vbs", strOFDlgVBS, arr, 60, true);

//	Write the script to a file.
o.WriteScript();

//	turn off debugging
o.Debug = false;

//	Run the script and get the results.
var sFile = o.RunScript();

//	Use the results.
var sContent = ReadTextFromFile(sFile);

//	Reset the properties of the ExternalVBScript 
//	object and delete its associated files.
o.Reset();