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Cloning Scripts Take Advantage of the New HTTP API

InterMapper 5.2 introduces an expanded SDK, including the ability to export many of the files in the InterMapper Settings folder via an HTTP API. We have created two scripts, one for Windows, one for everything else, to make use of the HTTP API to implement cloning of an InterMapper installation.

Users are often reluctant to stop their running InterMapper installations for any number of good reasons. Because this cloning operation can be performed while the InterMapper installation being cloned… Continue

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 12:46pm — 13 Comments

Returning Values from Command-Line Scripts

In my previous post, I introduced companion scripts and some new macros for working with command-line probes.

There is one other interesting features of the sample probes I supplied; the means of displaying values from the companion scripts in the <command-display> section of the probes.

Here is the <command-display> section from our python example:



<command-display>

\b5\Companion Scrip

… Continue

Posted on December 15, 2009 at 11:25am —

Companion Scripts and New Macros to Use with Command-Line Probes

Command-line probes have been a feature of InterMapper (IM) for quite some now, allowing users to create a probe out of almost any command that can be executed from a shell. IM 5.2 brings the latest in a series of improvements to make this capability both easier to use and more powerful.

A probe writer can now include what we're calling a "companion script" in her command-line probe. Because the script is part of the probe rather than a separate file, there is never any question of what version… Continue

Posted on December 15, 2009 at 11:00am —

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At 6:11am on January 25, 2010, Christopher L. Sweeney said…: Hey, I got my very first comment spam!

At 1:50pm on June 10, 2009, Dartware Webmaster said…: Christopher,
I put your blog up but to be shown that it is actually written by you and not Rich,
you'll need to create new blog - copy and paste - either form the main site or from this one - and then I can delete the one that says by Rich Brown.

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