Good questions, Barry.
The script file (any file that ends in .jss) is nothing but a text file
(just like other files the end in .txt).
The only difference is that the script manager knows what to do with them.
Other programs, like notepad or wordpad, or even microsoft word have no idea
what a .jss file is.
That's one reason why it is best to use the script manager. It is happy
with .jss files.
Eventually, whatever you use to write your script in, you are going to have
to compile it. The process of "compiling" something means to take it from
letters and numbers (the things that mere humans use to write scripts in)
and convert it into machine code (things that the God machines can
understand).
The only way I know of to translate a script you have written in words
consisting of letters and numbers, to machine code, consisting of ones and
zeros, is with the script manager.
So, take my word for it, it's best to use the script manager to write your
scripts in.
Hope this helps,
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: barry m carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, May 23, 1999 11:06 AM
Subject: writing scripts with microsoft word?
>Hello bob & others who replied to my question.
>
>bob, let me see if I can get this right. Are you telling me that JFW's
>script manager uses its own processor with its own font? I copied a
>script from juno into Microsoft Word, then copied from word into the
>script manager. After I did all of this, did the JfW script manager
>again change the fonts to its liking?
>
>In other words, could a fellow write a script using Microsoft Word with
>some kind of wild fonts, and it would still work? I guess these
>questions of mine are very basic, but I'm trying to figure out all I can
>about this script manager before I start writing my own scripts. If I
>can figure out how the Manager workd, maybe I'll know how to use it
>correctly.
>
>Thanks to all fore your valuable time.
>
>Barry Carver
>Hartford, Alabama
>
>bob wrote:
>Strictly speaking, you can use any text editor you wish. But, the
>easiest
>way to write scripts is to use the script manager.
>In the script manager you can do such things as to move from one script
>to
>the next with f2; get a list of existing scripts with ctrl+l; pick a
>command
>or function for inclusion in your script; and, most importantly, compile
>your script once it is written.
>I know of no other way to compile a script, and a script will not run
>until
>it is compiled. Therefore, at some point in your script writing career
>you
>are going to have to invoke the script manager, so why not use it to
>write
>your scripts in the first place.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Bob
>
>
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