Any language that is simple enough for the basic user (and maybe one that could eventually have a wizard in front of it), but is included in the build of Xastir so that you create/manage the script in Xastir so it's portable to any Xastir client (and a way to transmit the script over the air would he REALLY sweet).
-- William McKeehan On Tue, August 28, 2007 11:03 am, Gerry Creager wrote: > Argh. Not VBscript! XML? perl? > > William McKeehan wrote: >> Has anyone thought about adding a scripting capability within Xastir? >> >> I'm thinking about something like some VB script (or similar) that would >> allow >> a relatively non-developer to create little applications which lets Xastir >> do >> the heavy lifting. >> >> An example of the type of thing that I'm thinking about would be keeping >> track >> of how many runners have pasted a particular point. An Xastir station at >> that >> particular point would execute this script which would prompt for a number. >> The user would enter a number and the script/Xastir would handle the rest. >> The >> rest could be creating and sending a message to the NCS station with the >> updated information or it could be creating an object using this >> information. >> >> Am I off my rocker or is this an idea worth considering? > > -- > Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University > Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 > Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 > > > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
