On Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later), cvsnt can use the builtin active scripting support to produce simple scripts. Note: VBScript is deprecated in Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025.

To enable this functionality, enable the 'ActiveScript Plugin' using the CVSNT Server Control Panel, and cvs add a file to the checked out CVSROOT as follows:

The scripting engine you intend to use must be installed on the server - only the VBScript engine is installed by default.

Available functions are as follows:

init(command, current_date, hostname, username, virtual_repository, physical_repository, session_id, editor, user_variable_array, client_version, character_set)
close
taginfo(message,directory, file_array, action, tag)
verifymsg(directory, filename)
loginfo(message, status, directory, change_array)
history(history_type, workdir, revs, name, bugid, message, dummy)
notify(message, bugid, directory, notify_user, tag, notify_type, file)
precommit(name_list, message, directory)
postcommit(directory)
precommand(argument_list)
postcommand(directory)
premodule(module)
postmodule(module)
get_template(directory)
parse_keyword(keyword, directory, file, branch, author, printable_date, rcs_date, locker, state, version, name, bugid, commitid, global_properties, local_properties)
prercsdiff(file, directory, oldfile, newfile, diff_type, options, oldversion, newversion)
rcsdiff(file, directory, oldfile, newfile, diff, diff_type, options, oldversion, newversion, added, removed)

Functions should return 0 if successful. Arguments are strings, except where the name ends in _list which are arrays of strings, or _array, which are associative arrays (name=value).

The exceptions to this is loginfo, which is passed an array of structures containing filename, rev_old and rev_new. Also the get_template and parse_keyword functions, which are expected to return a string or null.

The script has access to a server object, called Server, which contains the following functions:

Trace(tracelevel,message)
Warning(message)
Error(message)

An example of all these functions is available in the cvsnt source tree, called script.vbs in the contrib_nt directory.