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R26 is now fully compatible with PowerShell and Python scripting:

•PowerShell or Python can be used everywhere it was possible to use a vbs script, for example in ShortcutBar or with the .VBScript directive in a Variant Note.

•PowerShell and Python now support a direct function call or parameter passing in the same way as vbs. Please note that the parameters syntax remains the same for compatibility reason: if a variant note was calling a .lst file passing parameters, now the .lst can be converted internally to a .ps1 script without the need to change the note.
 
Example: if the parameters in the note are defined as follows:

Script_File_Name&@Para1=val1[\r\nPara2=val2[\r\nPara3=val3[…]]]

 

•In PowerShell the script needs to declare input parameters named Para1, Para2, Para3.

param(

   [string] $Para1,

   [string] $Para2,

   [string] $Para3

)
In Python the parameters are passed with the standard syntax and can be parsed using the standard argparse module. The script is invoked as follows (please note that the double ‘-’ sign is added by the PDM framework):

script.py --Para1 val1 --Para2 val2 --Para3 val3

•The .async directive has been also implemented for both PowerShell and Python scripts in order to have launch-and-forget scripts, that means scripts running in parallel.
Other directives like .x64 or .include are no more necessary.