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Originally posted by Flippy
But now the question... Why? Does it really matter that much that I use a batch file? Why go through all this trouble of piping etc, if I can just fire up a batch file? I'm not trying to sound like I know it better lol (cause i dont) but I'm just asking, maybe there's an important reason...
Simplicity. And thus a lot less prone to errors and stuff. It might seem 'more trouble' but it actually isn't.
You could ask the same thing ("why?") the oher way around:
Why using a lot of code, doing a lot of stuff, requiring external files, etc if you can simply do it in 1 very readable line of code?
Or why do people always try to write short and efficient code or improve their code when you can also do it the long way around using all sorts of unneeded and/or depricted stuff....
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Originally posted by Flippy
And the two commands on one line, didn't know that, I might use that than, thanks!
The DOS command line is actually a hell of lot more powerful than most people know...
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Originally posted by Flippy
3) Perhaps I can place a feature request?
of course, by all means do! Create a new thread in
Msgplus! General Talk.
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Originally posted by Flippy
And if you're going that way, you might as well create your own scripting language hehe...
Actually... The JScript engine in Plus! already contains a lot of added functions and events specific for Plus! and Messenger. That is what makes Plus! scripting so powerful. It isn't just JScript (since you can't do much in pure JScript in this regards), it is JScript on steriods
For example timers, which are not available in pure JScript, you can also use any Windows API you like, etc... Making it extremely powerful (and just as dangerous as any other language).
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