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Scripting languages from the Windows Shell

• You can use any scripting language by using the <job language="shell"> attribute and by calling the respective script interpreter. 
  • For example for Windows the VBScript interpreter is cscript.exe which would make your job look like this:

  • <job  stop_on_error="no">
    <script  language="shell">
        <![CDATA[
cscript.exe %SCHEDULER_JOB_CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY%\test.vbs
        ]]>
    </script> 
    <run_time />
</job>

  • This job can be executed with the JobScheduler Master and with Agents
• The same applies to JScript and other languages including languages supported by the Windows Script Engine (Windows Scripting Host).

Scripting Languages with JobScheduler API Support

• You can use VBScript and make use of the JobScheduler API in your scripts. The API provides objects and methods to control jobs, start other jobs or orders etc.
  • Such jobs can only be executed with the JobScheduler Master and would look like this:

  • <job  stop_on_error="no">
    <script  language="vbscript">
        <![CDATA[
Function spooler_process()
   spooler_log.info( "running VBscript job" )
   spooler_process = false
End Function 
        ]]>
    </script> 
    <run_time />
</job>

  • This job can be executed with the JobScheduler Master only, it is not supported for use with JobScheduler Agents.

Further Scripting Languages

• JobScheduler supports a number of scripting languages that are provided by the Java Virtual Machine
• See What Java scripting languages are supported?