Zeus

[jussij]

Since the Digital Mars Scripting implements the Windows Scripting Host interface, this means it is also possible to write Zeus macros using the DMD Scripting language.

To setup Zeus for DMDScript scripting do the following:

1. Make sure you are running the latest version of Zeus
   
   
2. Download the DMDScript component
   
   
3. Register the DMDScript WSH using regsvr32 dscript.dll
   
   
4. Go to the Zeus install directory and edit the scriptwsh.dat file making these changes:
   

   Code:

   [Options] Language=DMDScript Extension=ds MacroBegin=function key_macro()\n{ MacroEnd=}\n\nkey_macro()   // run the macro FunctionPrint=\tzeus.write("%s") FunctionPrefix=zeus. FunctionPostfix=; Enter=\n CRLF=\\n LineFeed=\r Tick=' Quote=""

   
   
5. Close, then restart Zeus
   
   
6. Save this test macro to the zScript\test.ds location
   

   Code:

   function key_macro() {     zeus.screen_update_disable();     zeus.FileNew();     zeus.write("ScriptEngine: " + ScriptEngine() + "\n" +                "Build: " + ScriptEngineBuildVersion() + "\n\n");     zeus.write("This is a Digital Mars macro script........\n")     zeus.screen_update_enable();     zeus.screen_update(); } key_macro()   // run the macro

   
   
7. To run the test macro use Macros, Execute Script menu and type in test.ds
   

If all goes to plan the macro will create a new document window and the line of text will be added to the document.

Cheers Jussi