Newbie Scripting Questions

ponchoman1 wrote on 7/28/2004, 7:38 PM

I need to use the scripting feature of Vegas Video 5.0 to automate some tasks. I am brand new to Vegas and Vegas scripting. I have researched it on the internet and I am confused on a very basic issue. The online PDF manual states that in order to write scripts, you need to use Jscript .net or Visual Basic .net. I have never used Jscript or VB before and I have some questions about this….

1. Do you really need to use the .net framework? The reason I ask is because I found multiple posts on the internet advising people to change the name space of their old Sonic Foundry scripts to Sony.Vegas and then the old scripts should work. As I understand it, .net is relatively new so I am assuming these old script from the days of Sonic Foundry were not written with .net. My company has a licensed version of VB 6.0 and I would like to use this if it is possible.

2. Also, can VBscript be used with Vegas 5.0? I’m confused why Vegas is setup to use a scripting language such as Jscript or a full blown programming language such as Visual Basic. Why not Vbscript?

3. Lastly, what type of file has a .vb extension? Is that a VB file, vbscript file or something totally different?

Thanks for all your help.
Mike

Comments

jetdv wrote on 7/28/2004, 8:29 PM

OK, this is the THIRD place I've seen the question. The detailed answer is on the Cow. A correction is at DMN. Check both of those.

Nat wrote on 7/29/2004, 1:47 PM

1.
You need to have the .net framework installed to run scripts from Vegas, the scripting engine was introduced in Vegas 4 and worked with .net from that moment. you don't need VB 6 or visual studio. Use notepad or sharpdevelop (which is free)
2.
Vegas will work with either Jscript .net or VBscript, NOT VB

3. .vb are visual basic script files.

ponchoman1 wrote on 7/29/2004, 5:45 PM

Thanks for the info. That greatly clearifies things for me. Much appreciated.
Mike