What other languages/scripts can you call from Xojo

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I’m pretty sure you can call Python routines, and AppleScript (is that still a thing?), but can I call a routine from SimplyFortran?

For example, I have procedures that would benefit from the iteration power/speed of SimplyFortran, and some that are more oriented towards Python. I’d like to build an Xojo “front end” and from it, execute those other procedures when appropriate. If they were external, it would require some parameter passing.

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Any language that can be used directly from the command line can be accessed from Xojo via the Shell object. Xojo also has direct support for AppleScripts and you can use Declares to access functionality from the operating system and libraries.

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There are also at least two plugins available to run Python within your Xojo application.

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And Bjorn’s LUA plugin.

5

As @Eric_Williams said, anything with a CLI will work. I once wrote a fully functional web server that handled PHP and supported mixing RBScript.

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And there is Wren script engine also. (and I think Christian has maybe PHP ?)