Is it possible to expose an API in a .NET application by embedding a scripting language like IronPython?
How is it done?
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A:
I haven't used it personally, but you should look at Visual Studio Tools for Applications
I'm not sure if Iron Python is supported as a language for it or not, but that would be the easiest path to enable your application to be programmable.
Mike Brown
2008-10-16 12:47:20
How could I missed this! I'm working with *VSTO* mostly...
guillermooo
2008-10-16 12:52:13
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A:
IronPython has a hosting API which can be used to execute IronPython scripts from a C#\VB application.
This is a good example of embedding IronPython inside a winforms app.Note that the hosting APIs have changed since that post. This post shows an example of the latest API
You can find the latest specs here [Note: URL throws a 404 as of 2010-09-07]
srivatsn
2008-10-16 20:59:33
Thanks! It would be great if you could also indicate some advantages/disadvantages of using Iron* over VSTA (apart from tech support).
guillermooo
2008-10-16 23:32:16