Scriptom is cool :-)
Many Thanks to Guillaume for integrating the Groovy API.
I found that it can be used to call the Windows Scripting Host
for Keystroke-Macros (even if you don't have a COM reference
like for "notepad" in this example):
---
import org.codehaus.groovy.scriptom.ActiveXProxy
ALT = '%'
SHIFT = '+'
CTRL = '^'
'cmd /k notepad.exe'.execute()
// Windows Scripting Host shell
host = new ActiveXProxy("WScript.Shell")
host.AppActivate("Notepad")
Thread.sleep(1000)
// some keystrokes
host.sendKeys('0/0{TAB}0/1{ENTER}1/0{TAB}1/1{ENTER}')
// function key to insert current date
host.sendKeys('{F5}')
// replace all 0's by x
host.sendKeys(CTRL+'h')
host.sendKeys('0{TAB}x')
host.sendKeys(ALT+'a')
host.sendKeys('{ESC}')
---
cheers
Mittie
-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume Laforge [mailto:glaf...@codehaus.org]
Sent: Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2004 19:15
To: us...@groovy.codehaus.org; de...@groovy.codehaus.org
Subject: [groovy-dev] [ANN] Scriptom: COM Scripting in Groovy
Hello all, particularly Windows users,
Here is a new toy--a late Christmas gift--for you to play with. Scriptom
is targeted exclusively at the users working under Windows.
Scriptom is a new module that allows you to use Groovy to script COM or
ActiveX components, while still leveraging all the java libraries
available!
To learn more about Scriptom, how to get it, to install it, and to play
with a few examples, I've written some extensive documentation on
Confluence:
http://groovy.codehaus.org/COM+Scripting
Just to give you a little taste of what you can do, here is a small
example on how to script Internet Explorer from Groovy:
import org.codehaus.groovy.scriptom.ActiveXProxy
explorer = new ActiveXProxy("InternetExplorer.Application")
explorer.Visible = true
explorer.AddressBar = true
explorer.Navigate("http://glaforge.free.fr/weblog")
You can even use the ScriptControl component to mix VBScript code and
Groovy! A somewhat alien alliance, but Scriptom can be pretty useful ;-)
Enjoy!
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