Full-featured Scripting

KoalaTerm is not just about getting connected to the server. When you run the host application and perform daily jobs, you will definitely find it necessary to have some tool to automate those tedious and repetitive tasks. KoalaTerm Scripting is for just that.

Unlike most other terminal emulators where scripting is just several strings, KoalaTerm provides a full featured scripting language. With this language, you can have variables, statements, loops, functions, and objects in the script.

Here is a list of some things a KoalaTerm script can do:

• Arithmetic (adding, subtracting, etc.), string operations (joining, abstracting);
• Sending any codes to host applications, or KoalaTerm itself, to be displayed;
• Changing all KoalaTerm settings, like terminal & display settings, color settings, key mapping settings, etc.;
• Receiving data from host applications and fetching data from KoalaTerm screen buffer;
• Waiting for particular data received from the host, or sleeping for a specified period of time;
• Executing system commands, like copying files, deleting files, playing sound, etc.;
• Reading and writing local files, or pipe communication with other applications;
• Loading another KoalaTerm session;
• Displaying message boxes, or asking for user input.

KoalaTerm provides several ways to invoke a script:

• You can specify a login script for each session file, so when you open the session, the login script can be automatically loaded and executed;
• You can map a key (or key combination) to execute a script;
• You can assign a definable button to execute a script;
• You can run a script file whenever you want from the menu;
• You can even execute a script from the host application. To protect your PC from possible hostile codes, KoalaTermprovides access control on certain script functionalities when executing a script from the remote host.

Nervous about writing a script program? You don't have to be, KoalaTerm allows you to generate a script without writing any codes. All you have to do is to record your own macros. Please refer to the "Macro Recording" section below for more information.

For more information about KoalaTerm scripting, please refer to the help material of KoalaTerm.