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  Scripting for tablets? "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-06-08 22:29 -0400
    Re: Scripting for tablets? "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2017-06-10 07:51 +0000
    Re: Scripting for tablets? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-06-10 09:36 -0400

#11696 — Scripting for tablets?

Is there such a thing as a scripting language equivalent to vbscript or
jscript that works on Android based tablets? I use HTA scripts
extensively on my Windows systems and would like to do the same on my
Amazon Fire tablet.
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#11697

Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

> Is there such a thing as a scripting language equivalent to vbscript or
> jscript that works on Android based tablets? I use HTA scripts
> extensively on my Windows systems and would like to do the same on my
> Amazon Fire tablet.

Nothing standardized, no. There are various this-n-that's you can use. I 
think I would start with Scripting Layer for Android:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_Layer_for_Android

It supports several languages, including JavaScript. Development seems to 
have stopped a couple years ago, but there are nearly 500 forks, at least 
some of which should still be active.

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#11698

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote

| Is there such a thing as a scripting language equivalent to vbscript or
| jscript that works on Android based tablets? I use HTA scripts
| extensively on my Windows systems and would like to do the same on my
| Amazon Fire tablet.

 I'd be surprised if such a tablet lets you do
anything useful. It sounds like, "can I cook
dinner on my car's exhaust manifold?" Well, sure,
theoretically.

  But I know little of Android or of devices
like phones and tablets. I did find this:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2992458/android/run-windows-applications-on-android-via-wine.html

  Android is Linux. I've installed WSH on Linux
with WINE. 

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