Scott, Thanks for the effort. I'm definitely going to keep an eye on the page as it develops (and hopefully learn something).
taz On Nov 11, 6:01 pm, Splash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, we made that site. The idea is to add samples and material to > make it easier to make the transition. It is a big jump. > > We are also making changes to the SDK that may make it easier to > transition from RhinoScripting to VB.NET. I have not seen anything > yet, but I am told that the changes are around. > > - Scott > > On Nov 8, 7:28 am, Andy le Bihan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No, I don't know who made that site. Probably Rajaa or Scott > > > -- > > David Rutten > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > On Nov 7, 7:48 pm, taz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > David, > > > > Is this your doing? > > > >http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/RhinoScriptingVsDotNet.... > > > > taz > > > > On Nov 7, 5:01 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Oompa, > > > > > There's an awful lot to say about this, but I'll keep it short. > > > > VBScript has been around for ages and can be used to automate many > > > > applications including Rhino, Excel, (Internet) Explorer..... > > > > It's a scripting language with a very basic feature set. The syntax of > > > > VBScript is derived from Visual Basic, but it is extremely forgiving. > > > > > VB.NET syntax is also based on Visual Basic, but that's where the > > > > overlap with VBScript comes to an end. VB.NET (like all languages that > > > > work with the DotNET framework, such as C#, C++CLI, J#, IronPython, > > > > IronDelphi etc. etc) is a fairly new arrival on the programming scene > > > > and it's completely object oriented. Functions are no longer 'just > > > > there' (like Sin() or Len(), but instead they are defined by certain > > > > types (like the Math and String classes: Math.Sin() and > > > > String.Length). > > > > > VB.NET is (compared to VBScript): > > > > - Faster > > > > - More extensive > > > > - More complicated > > > > - Less forgiving > > > > > It took me a while to switch from VBScript to VB6, and then again it > > > > took me a few months to switch from VB6 to VB.NET and I'm still > > > > learning new stuff almost every day (I've been doing this full time > > > > for almost 4 years now). > > > > > There is no step-by-step method to go from RhinoScript to Rhino > > > > DotNET; functions have different names, different behaviour and a > > > > different philosophy. > > > > > -- > > > > David Rutten > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > ps. One last bit of bad news left: Grasshopper cannot run VBScript > > > > code.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
