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Description ClearScript is a library that makes it easy to add scripting to your .NET applications. It currently supports JavaScript (via V8 and JScript) and VBScript.FeaturesSimple usage; create a...
View ArticleNew Post: Is it possible to expose a JavaScript style function with a...
I would like to expose an open method on my c# object that I am exposing to ClearScript. The open method signature would look like this public void open(string address, Action<dynamic> callback)...
View ArticleNew Post: Is it possible to expose a JavaScript style function with a...
Hello! On the .NET side you can access JavaScript objects, including functions, using the dynamic keyword. For example, you can define your class like this:publicclass Page { publicvoid open(string...
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Perfect. That did the trick. Thanks
View ArticleNew Post: Possible to get string content of passed in function?
We are building a bridge between CEF and C#. The C# console app is driven by javascript code. Used to basically drive a headless browser. So far clerscript has been a great tool. I was wondering if it...
View ArticleCommented Issue: Problems using WindowsScriptEngineFlags.EnableDebugging [36]
I have code that executes fine on my machine with Visual Studio installed but have passed the code (compiled) including ClearScript.DLL to someone else who is getting an error when the script runs. I...
View ArticleNew Post: Possible to get string content of passed in function?
Greetings! I was wondering if it is possible to pull the string content of a passed in JavaScript function Do you mean the function's JavaScript source code? If so, then you can use JavaScript's...
View ArticleNew Post: Is there a way to access the script frame stack?
I am looking to access the variables within the local scope of a script frame (on the stack?). I haven't found a way to do this with ClearScript yet. Does anyone know if this is possible? For...
View ArticleCommented Issue: Problems using WindowsScriptEngineFlags.EnableDebugging [36]
I have code that executes fine on my machine with Visual Studio installed but have passed the code (compiled) including ClearScript.DLL to someone else who is getting an error when the script runs. I...
View ArticleNew Post: Is there a way to access the script frame stack?
Hi joshrmt, This is currently not possible and is rather unlikely as V8 has no public APIs that would enable it (the code on StackOverflow uses internal interfaces), but just in case, can you describe...
View ArticleNew Post: Cannot set a string as host object?
Hi, I may be missing something obvious, but this call fails on a V8ScriptEngine:engine.AddHostObject("test", "hello"); Feeling like a noob... :) Thanks for your help!
View ArticleNew Post: Cannot set a string as host object?
Hello! That's correct; ScriptEngine.AddHostObject() does not work with simple values like strings and numbers. Instead, you can do any of the following: engine.Script.test = "hello";...
View ArticleNew Post: Date marshalling
Hi again, Based on my tests, it seems that the Date type, which is one of the few core JS types, is not marshalled across the JS/.NET boundary. It would be very convenient if ClearScript could marshal...
View ArticleNew Post: Is there a way to access the script frame stack?
Im sure this will sound strange, but I wanted to be able to capture the current 'state' in order to transfer the closure/context to a different scripting environment. The alternate context is not...
View ArticleNew Post: Date marshalling
Hi Thomas, In general, ClearScript favors seamless access over data conversion. We believe that this approach maximizes flexibility. There are exceptions, of course. If ClearScript didn't convert...
View ArticleNew Post: Date marshalling
Thanks for your reply. I kind of forgot that it was indeed possible to call methods of JS objects from the .NET side. Cheers Thomas
View ArticleNew Post: Long/Int64 .NET Data types
I'm having some trouble passing large numbers from .NET to the JScriptEngine. Here is what I'm trying to do: JScriptEngine engine = new JScriptEngine(); engine.AddHostObject( "bigNumber",...
View ArticleNew Post: Date marshalling
I'm having some trouble with date marshaling as well. In my scenario I'm using JavaScript as a hook into how the application performs certain actions. I would like to expose a clean interface that...
View ArticleNew Post: Long/Int64 .NET Data types
Hi Jamin, I'm getting an error on the AddHostObject call. That's correct. That method can't be used with simple values that are automatically converted to native script language datatypes, such as...
View ArticleNew Post: Date marshalling
Greetings Jamin! I would like to expose a clean interface that leverages the native functionality in JavaScript including Date. This is important because I'm prioritizing the JavaScript syntax over...
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