How should user scripting for a .NET app be implemented

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Terry Griffin - 08 Jun 2007 14:10 GMT

We need to add the ability for users to execute scripts for our application,
which runs a scientific tool. The users will be scientist, not professional
programmers. A few years ago I would have used the Active Scripting objects
and supported JScript scripts accessing our app's object model.

Our new application is all .NET based so it seems the Active Scripting
method is a little out of date (but could still be used if that is the best
choice). I found the Microsoft.Vsa objects which are the replacement for
Active Scripting but they are marked 'obsolete'.

What is the best method for supporting scripting of a .NET application by
users?

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Michael Nemtsev - 08 Jun 2007 16:13 GMT

Hello Terry,

You can use JScript with ICodeCompiler, but unfortunately it doesnt support
the VBScript, only VB.NET

The another way is to use Windows Script Host control for this

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David Ching - 09 Jun 2007 23:59 GMT

> We need to add the ability for users to execute scripts for our
> application,
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> What is the best method for supporting scripting of a .NET application by
> users?

Check out IronPython. The tutorials say that with a few lines of code, you
can open your .NET app for scripting with Python. Other dynamic languages
are coming soon.

-- David

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