Hello IronPython users, I have a largish Powershell script I'd like to migrate to IronPython. (Powershell is a fine language, but there are a lot more Python developers where I work).
The Powershell script manipulates VMware ESX machines, using their VI Toolkit (http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/). So, I'm hoping that I can have my Powershell script host IronPython, and have a minimum of Powershell to create objects which I then pass over to IronPython and have IronPython do most of the work. Does this approach sound reasonable? I've done a fair amount of Powershell and Python programming, but I'm not that familiar with IronPython (or .Net even). I'm having trouble even getting started. I saw this blog entry ( http://stevegilham.blogspot.com/2008/02/embedding-powershell-in-ironpython.html) but "$pythonEngine = [ironpython.hosting.pythonengine]::CurrentEngine" seems out of date. I changed it to CreateEngine(), but now I'm getting an error loading Microsoft.Scripting. Doing a loadFrom of Microsoft.Scripting*.dll from the IronPython dir doesn't seem to help. PS C:\Documents and Settings\sng> [reflection.assembly]::loadFrom("C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.0\IronPython.dll") GAC Version Location --- ------- -------- True v2.0.50727 C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_MSIL\IronPython\2.0.0.0__31bf3... PS C:\Documents and Settings\sng> [IronPython.Hosting.Python]::CreateEngine() Exception retrieving member "CreateEngine": "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Scripting, Version=0.9.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified." At line:1 char:42 + [IronPython.Hosting.Python]::CreateEngine( <<<< ) Any help would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks, Steve
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