object

Required. Always the name of a ExternalVBScript object.

newitem

Required for setTimeout. The maximum number of seconds the ExternalVBScript.Run() method is allowed to wait for data from the script.

//	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();

//	give the script/user 2 minutes to complete the task
o.Timeout = 120;

//	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();