Scripting support at all is certainly fantastic - it's one of the main reasons I use MediaMonkey.

I like the fact that most people use VBScript, as it makes sharing script easier. However, I do believe that people should be given the choice, as not everyone is prepared to learn VBScript, especially if they already know JScript.

The more languages the merrier as far as I'm concerned. Choice is good. Big respect to the MediaMonkey coders for implementing scripting at all.

I'm just hoping that this is a fairly trivial one to fix.

MM uses the Microsoft Scripting Host, which is able to run VBScript and JScript. I just think that the devs didn't implement the JScript part 100% ok.

BTW: I was only talking about VBScript & JScript. I know that other languages (c, c++, java, php, c#, ...) are more powerful and "following the consistency standards". But [b]I[/b] (with emphasis on I) haven't yet come across a script in JScript that couldn't be converted to VBScript. Microsoft tends to give VBScript a little bit more support, because it's "their" language, so sometimes VBScript can do things that are less easy in JScript (but usually it's possible).

Anyway you're right, and I back your request to fix the JScript support.

[quote="Steegy"]VBScript is virtually the same as JScript. Only differences are Sub->function, {}, casing, built-in functions, ... but basicly the same functionality is present.[/quote]

[b]I could not disagree more!!!![/b]

I have programmed both plus others and I can quite categorically state that VB is by far the worst of the lot (with the possible exception of Perl).

I have also requested JavaScript/JScript support before. In fact, could all other ActiveX/OLE/... supporting script languages (e.g. Python) also be supported?

Dave

P.S. Is the problem adding the SDB object to the scripting namespace?

... and VBScript sucks the creativity out of me

[code]... and VBScript sucks the creativity out of me[/code]Why? VBScript is virtually the same as JScript. Only differences are Sub->function, {}, casing, built-in functions, ... but basicly the same functionality is present.

Standarization of code sintaxis accross languages would be a good thing for all of us.

It took me a LONG time to get used to putting "End If" with the space in it after If statements. But this is more because I am a Uniface developer by trade and in Uniface you end an "if" with "endif". All these languages - it's sooooo confusing! :-? :lol:

So you admit that VBScript is better as you have less code (no semicolon) :wink: .

It would be nice if this was fixed. I learnt VBScript solely for the purpose of MM scripting, because I couldn't get JScript to work properly.

[i]I often have to go through my VBScripts after I've finished coding a chunk and take all the semi-colons off the end of each line![/i] :lol:

function OnStartup()
{
	var UI = SDB.UI;
	var Mnu = UI.AddMenuItem( UI.Menu_TrayIcon, -1, 1);
	Mnu.Caption = "TestJScript";
	Mnu.UseScript = Script.ScriptPath;
	Mnu.OnClickFunc = "ShowIt";
	Mnu.IconIndex = 35;
}

function ShowIt()
{
	SDB.MessageBox(SDB.Localize("ShowIt function called correctly."), mtError, mbOk);
}

As discussed in a [url=http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5543]previous post[/url] we can't use JScript to code scripts in the auto folder.

To Reproduce:

create a file called, say, testJScript.js in the MediaMonkey/scripts/auto folder and past the following code into it:

[code]function OnStartup()
{
var UI = SDB.UI;
var Mnu = UI.AddMenuItem( UI.Menu_TrayIcon, -1, 1);
Mnu.Caption = "TestJScript";
Mnu.UseScript = Script.ScriptPath;
Mnu.OnClickFunc = "ShowIt";
Mnu.IconIndex = 35;
}

function ShowIt()
{
SDB.MessageBox(SDB.Localize("ShowIt function called correctly."), mtError, mbOk);
}[/code]

Restart MediaMonkey, right click on the mediamonkey tray icon and select the new "TestJScript" menu item.

Error reported is:

"Error #1032 - Microsoft VBScript compilation error"

Now I'm not sure this is a bug - (the scripting.doc file has a section titled "Automatically called Scripts" that states:

[quote]"All .vbs scripts in Scripts\Auto folder are automatically checked during MM start-up and in case there is ‘OnStartup’ procedure present, it is called"
[/quote]

But I really want to get on with some MediaMonkey Scripting and VBScript sucks the creativity out of me.


Please consider fixing this - It'll definitely be worth your while.