Is active scripting available in dot net?

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Are there any classes in c# for this or am I left to use the com interface,
which I'm not sure how.

And if I have this will it work on a machine that someone has disabled
scripting?

Finally, if I have MyClass objectA can I give it functions like MakeBigger
that would be available from the script?

I'm new to this so thanks for any info!!

Best Regards,
 
James said:
Are there any classes in c# for this or am I left to use the com
interface,
which I'm not sure how.
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There are VBScript.Net and JScript.Net, however both will in the end be
compiled to native code, so technically they're not really scripting
languages. It's worth a look anyway:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting06112001.asp

AFAIK there is no support for older COM-based scripting hosts in the .NET
framwork.
And if I have this will it work on a machine that someone has disabled
scripting?
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JScript.NET/VBScript.NET are really just .NET compilers like C# and J#. They
should work on any computer where the framework is installed.

COM-based scripting of course can be disabled for security reasons.
Finally, if I have MyClass objectA can I give it functions like MakeBigger
that would be available from the script?
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Using one of the .NET scripting languages this comes more or less for free.

For COM-based hosts you will have to implement an IDispatch interface.
I'm new to this so thanks for any info!!
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Thanks to the managed environment it's pretty easy to compile JScript.NET,
VB or even C# at runtime, and traditional scripting hosts don't have many
advantages any more. So I think you should have a look at the compiler
namespaces Microsoft.CSharp/VisualBasic/JScript.

Niki
 
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