Scripting tools under Windows

Peter wrote:
> 
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> 
> Have you ever considered C/C++ interpreter Ch for scripting? 
> It is free and runs across platform. You can find the shell
> scripting and C/C++ features in the following link:
> 
>    http://www.softintegration.com/docs/ch/shell/
>    http://www.softintegration.com/products/chstandard/
> 
> The windows serial port I/O is well supported in the Ch.
>    http://www.softintegration.com/support/faq/windows.html#serial
>    http://www.softintegration.com/products/thirdparty/#robot
> 
> of course, Ch is best suitable for embedded scripting:
>     http://www.softintegration.com/products/sdk/embedch/
>     http://www.softintegration.com/solution/embedded/

Yes.  I attempted to download it, signed in, etc.  The system
claimed it was sending me a password etc. by mail, and didn't.  I
gave up.

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On Feb 7, 6:47=A0am, Alf <alfk...@ieee.removetheobvious.org> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Like a lot of you I develop devices that need to be progra=
mmed,
> configured and tested in a production environment, often in conjunction
> with firmware test functions on the embedded device. =A0Much of this is
> accomplished from Windows PCs using serial and parallel ports and
> usually involves running small utility programs. =A0Naturally I want to
> script these procedures to require the minimum amount of human
> intervention, both for efficiencey and repeatability.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 So what scripting tools are you guys using out there?
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Years ago, I used QuickBasic to quickly knock up this sort=
 of script,
> usually 1/2 an hour at most, a nice set of serial and parallel port
> manipulation tools and easy to run little external apps (e.g. a bin2hex
> utility). =A0Of course QuickBasic is not compatible with modern Microsoft
> OS's.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 My preference is for a simple language that does not have =
to produce
> robust shrink-wrap code, isn't bloated with GUI stuff, has serial comms
> with control over handshake lines, can control parallel port lines, can
> send data to other apps and receive data from them, read and write files
> and interact with the user via a console, and can be batched. =A0It should=

> be capable of being modified by Windows programmers, embedded
> programmers, hardware engineers and production techs without too much of
> a learning curve - kind of leaves out huge APIs and frameworks.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Some of the tools used around various places I interface w=
ith include:
>
> Python: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 A different language every week, can't do anything=
 on its own
> but needs a bunch of libraries - and there's 32 different varieties of
> each. =A0It's also a different language every fortnight.
>
> C# / .Net: =A0 =A0 =A0Like Python, has way to rich an API but makes the si=
mplest
> things seem difficult - e.g getting unbuffered bytes from a serial port.
>
> Labview: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Really well suited to the task, but difficult for =
Labview
> newbies to get to grips with, and damned expensive.
>
> Your ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> alf

You should look into Windows PowerShell. This is a new scripting shell
from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershel=
l/default.mspx

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