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Windows Mobile What scripting platforms are available?

We have several users with Windows Mobile 6 and you need to apply minor changes. eg. update the registry setting. One option is to click and execute an executable file using our device management software.

I would like it to be a little friendlier for administrators familiar with scripts in VBScript / JScript, etc. What are the scripting options on Windows Mobile devices?

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Once the option that xda developers can use, Mortscript

I never bothered to use it, but I used many cabinet installers that distribute mortscript so that they can perform various tasks.

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I work full time on Windows and have never come across a good scripting implementation for Windows Mobile. For some reason, MS never saw the need for it. For example, even if you can really get the console on WM, it does not support running batch files, although all the commands still exist, and it would be relatively easy. Of course, there is no VBScript engine that I have ever heard of about JScript. There is PythonCE , but some WM support is minimal, and you don’t get access to many things only for WM.

In addition, I did a lot of work with SOTI , which has a product called MobiControl, which includes the main scripting engine. Although most commands are specific to their system and should actually be run from the management console on the computer side.

Given all the times when I was trying to find a good scripting engine for WM myself, you would think that I would just write one;)

So, sorry, but the main answer is no, for VB in the context you specified there is no scripting mechanism.

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The immediate task for the scripting environment in Windows Mobile is the configuration service provider interface. Although it is not a scripting language as such, it allows you to do the same things, such as changing registry settings, copying and deleting files and directories, installing and removing applications, and much more.

Mike Calligaro is a great article on how to write scripts and how to get them from your desktop to your device in different ways. One of them will probably work for you.

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There is also a Visual Basic Runtime to run VBScript

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Try Lua:
Lua official page: http://www.lua.org/
Lua WinCe / Mobile port: http://www.magma.com.ni/sw/wince/lua/

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