Game Maker Language new line
I am writing a game maker script and wanted to know how to make a message appear on the following line. ex. show_message("Hello" something +"World") outputs: Hello World ...
scripting
Game Maker Language calculating proper average
Here is my code: var num, totalNum, averageNum, numItems, msg; msg = ""; totalNum = 0; numItems = 0; while(true) { num = get_integer("Please enter a number. Enter -99 to quit.", "type here"); totalNum += num; numItems += 1; if (num == -99) { totalNum += 99; msg += "Total is: " +string(totalNum) +"#"; averageNum =...
Is "XML SCRIPT" alive yet?
I heard about in ASP.NET AJAX in Action book. ...
Detecting the version and company name of an exe using jscript
Hi, I kwnow how to retrieve the version of an exe using jscript, but I can't find any way to retrieve other info like "Company", "Internal name" or "Product name". function version_of( file_name ) { var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); var f; try { f = fso.GetFile( file_name ) } catch( e ) { ...
Running multiple JScript files in a separate process
I am looking for a way to launch multiple scripts in a separate process from my main script, but in such a way that they can access copies of variables I've declared. Consider the following example: Serializable.js: // Represents serializable data. function Serializable() { /* ... */ } SecondaryScript.wsf // Serializable is not defi...
Cygwin Shell Scripts
I'm not running cygwin, but I have the cygwin ash.exe in my %PATH% as sh.exe and have cygwin1.dll in %PATH% I am trying to invoke some shell scripts (named with no extension) using sh -c shell-script-name but I get a "permission denied" error. If I run sh and run ./script I also get this error. I have a proper #!/bin/sh shebang line ...
How to use Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting?
To embed some IronPython Code into C# I want to use the ScriptEngine using IronPython.Hosting; using Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting; I found the reference for IronPython, but where is the necessary reference for Scripting.Hosting? I can't find it within VisualStudio 2008, targeting .Net 3.5. ...
Pass list of variables to bash script
I need to be able to read list of variables that follow certain parameter(similar to say mysqldump --databases db1 db2 db3) Basically script should be invoked like this: ./charge.sh --notify --target aig wfc msft --amount 1bln In the script itself I need to assign "aig wfc msft" either to a single variable or create an array out of t...
Reading java .properties file from bash
I am thinking of using sed for reading .properties file, but was wondering if there is a smarter way to do that from bash script? ...
Console application prompting for input
I'm trying to put together a wrapper around a console application using StandardInput and StandardOutput. I'm getting stuck where the console application would prompt for input such as a password. I'd like to read from StandardOutput, prompt the user using the read text, and write the user's input back to the console application using ...
Is there a tool to diff/merge/sort localizable strings files?
Localizable strings file which are used for Apple/iPhone apps localization have the following format: /* COMMENT */ "KEY" = "VALUE" Note that KEY is unique in a given strings file. COMMENT is optional however it can help the translator with some additional info. Example: /* Menu item to make the current document plain text */ "Make ...
How can I read a list of filenames from a file in bash?
I'm trying to write a bash script that will process a list of files whose names are stored one per line in an input file, something the likes of find . -type f -mtime +15 > /tmp/filelist.txt for F in $(cat /tmp/filelist.txt) ; do ... done; My problem is that filenames in filelist.txt may contain spaces, so the snipped above will exp...
JavaScript to Submit Page After 30 Seconds
I am looking for a JavaScript to submit a page after 30 seconds from when the page is loaded. Does jQuery offer this functionality or does someone have regular javascript for this? Thank You ...
What is a scripting engine?
I've seen here that what sets a programming language apart from a scripting language is the scripting engine. But I don't understand how it works, so I don't know the difference. For example, I see code in Java calling methods in imported libraries, but it doesn't seem "different enough" from Python or Ruby code - both are scripting lan...
Environment variable used in shell script appear blank in log file when run by cron
Forgive my ignorance, but I am somewhat new to shell scripting and the use of environment variables in Linux. I have a script that performs a backup of a MySQL database. I have the following lines in the script that are used to log a successful dump of the database: output=`date; echo "Database export successful from $ENV_HOSTNAME to ...
Helper script/tool for "one a day" reminders applications
I am looking for a helper tool/ script that can be used to power an application that presents some randomized content periodically eg once per day. Example applications are "One a Day Bridal Prep", "Daily Quotations", "Daily Programming Tips" etc etc It is simple enough to code one up myself but I am wondering if I don't need to reinvent...
How do I make Perl scripts recognize parameters in the Win32 cmd console?
When I invoke my Perl scripts in the Windows environment without invoking perl first, the parameters are not passed to my script. For example, C:\> C:\my-perl-scripts\foo.pl bar invokes foo.pl but doesn't recognize bar as a parameter (@ARGV is empty). However, C:\> perl C:\my-perl-scripts\foo.pl bar works as expected. Is this a ...
Programmatically generate script for all objects in a database
For an automated setup build that generates the setup for an application which uses Microsoft SQL Server, I am currently evaluating whether the following is possible: I want to programmatically (CMD script or C# code) execute the function "Generate Scripts" on a database that is accessible from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 200...
Pass bash script parameters to sub-process unchanged
I want to write a simple bash script that will act as a wrapper for an executable. How do I pass all the parameters that script receives to the executable? I tried /the/exe $@ but this doesn't work with quoted parameters, eg. ./myscript "one big parameter" runs /the/exe one big parameter which is not the same thing. ...
What is process/reaper and why isn't it working?
When deploying my Rails app via Capistrano, the very last thing it tries to execute is this: sudo -p 'sudo password: ' -u app /home/user/public_html/example.com/current/script/process/reaper Then it throws this error: failed: "sh -c \"sudo -p 'sudo password: ' -u app /home/user/public_html/example.com/current/script/process/reaper\""...