ScriptHostZAAP is a ZAAP, a ZTreeWin Assistant Application Program,
which provides a way to execute any Windows Active Script language
(VBScript and JScript by default, ActivePerl, ActivePython if
installed) in reaction to changes or commands in ZTreeWin.
Installation:
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* Extract the contents of the distribution zip to a directory anywhere
on your computer.
* Run the executable. If you get errors, verify that you have the
dependencies listed below installed correctly.
Dependencies:
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This program requires the following components to be present (and registered) on the computer:
* Ian Binnie's ZBarCOM library, see the following pages:
http://binnie.id.au/Downloads/ZbarCOM.zip
http://www.ztwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=u_ZbarCOM
* Microsoft's Windows Script Control
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d7e31492-2595-49e6-8c02-1426fec693ac
http://www.google.nl/search?q=download+MS-Script-Control
Usage:
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* Run ZTreeWin using the /ZB command-line switch;
* Run ScriptHostZAAP.exe (you can run it before or after ZTreeWin,
it'll connect to it whenever it sees it);
* You'll see the contents of the zbar.dat change as you navigate in
ZTreeWin.
* Within ZTreeWin, you can now evaluate script code in Assist mode:
- either highlight a file (or directory), and press Y;
- or tag one or more files, and press Ctrl-Y;
- in the prompt, type 'seval <language> <code>', e.g.:
seval jscript File.name.length > 10
will cause the file(s) with a filename longer than 10 to be
tagged.
seval vbscript File.DateLastModified > (Date() - 7)
will cause files, modified since seven days ago, to be tagged.
Writing scripts:
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* Place your script files in the .\Scripts directory below the one
where the ScriptHostZAAP.exe resides.
* Each script file should have the appropriate extension for its
language; so .vbs for a VBScript file, or .js for a JScript file.
* If you've made changes to a script file, press [F5] to reload all
scripts.
* A script gets executed in three ways:
- Any code that runs in the 'main' section (usually, outside of any
function) will be executed when the script is loaded.
- If a function with the name 'onUpdate' is present, it will be run
whenever ZTreeWin publishes a new pamphlet in zbar.dat (this will
usually be whenever the user navigates in ZTreeWin, or executes a
command)
- If a function with the name 'onAssist' is present, it will be
called whenever the user runs an Assist command (Y or Ctrl-Y):
- if the function returns true, then the file will be tagged;
- if the function returns false, then the file will be untagged;
- if the function returns null, then ZTreeWin will wait for another
script to respond.
See also the sample script RegExp.js provided with this distribution.