How do I get started designing and implementing a script interface for my .NET application?

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How do I get started designing and implementing a script interface for my .NET application?

There is VSTA (the .NET equivalent of VBA for COM), but as far as I understan

Answer 1

I'm not sure this will cover your needs, but via reflection you can compile C# code and execute it at runtime (example code here).

So you could write the script in eg. C# and then compile "it on the fly" and run it directly in the context of your application. Of course you have to keep security considerations in mind, but if the scripts are trusted then it might work for you, and you get the benefits of using a powerful managed language for your scripts.

If you need high performance or running thousands of scripts it might be too slow though.