Hi Rick, I may be speaking incorrectly here. My understanding is that we are OK with the Window-eyes objects themselves. The manual says that they support virtually any language the developer would want to throw at them. It sounds like the burden would be on us to learn a new language or use one. Feel free to correct me.
Jim On 9/11/14, Rick Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > VBScript has been deprecated from Internet Explorer and MS has said it is > Maint Mode which is what they do before deprecating something completely. > > That notice was for Windows 7 and going forward MS would consider not > shipping VBScript with new Operating Systems but no firm plans for complete > deprecation has been set in stone yet. > > But with the recent deprecation of it for scripting Internet Explorer it > looks like they are moving in that direction. > > So, there are allot of vbscript apps for WE and I am wondering what the > Road > Map is for the WE Scripting Engine going forward over the next few years. > > Perhaps JavaScript or will there be a quantum change to something like > PowerShell programming or something else? > > I think they still shipped VBScript with Windows 8.1, not sure, but new > versions of Windows are coming out sooner rather than later. > > Is there a Road Map for the WindowEyes scripting environment? > > I know WE supports JavaScript and that might be a possibility if no quantum > changes are planned to keep up with changing technology. > > But a notice of a RoadPlan would give scripters an opportunity to start > learning a replacement language be it JavaScript, PowerShell, Managed > VB.net > or others like Python, PHP or whatever. > > It would be rude to just wait until one day a new release of a MS Operating > System is pushed out without support for VBScript leaving App Developers > floundering and scrambling to figure out what to do with all their apps and > with a high learning curve at the same time they are trying to save their > work. > > Perhaps VBScript will be around for a year, 2, 3, 5 but it is going away > sooner or later according to what I've red googling abut this from > Microsoft. > > Rick USA > > -- e+r=o Skype: jim.homme
