Can someone point me the steps to include a multiline texbot, where i can use lua in my application as a scripting feature, what do i need to import and how to do it, theres a few tutorials about c#, theres almost nothing about vb.net i tried to include it but i cant import lua into the vb.net or well im not doing it properly, if any one could help me. thanks in advance
question : how can i embed lua in my program to make it able to run lua scripts with vb.net
You can use a library called "LuaInterface" http://luaforge.net/projects/luainterface/
Heres the LuaInterface Manual (PDF): https://warcraftaddonstudio.svn.codeplex.com/svn/trunk/src/References/LuaInterface/src/luainterface/doc/guide.pdf
"LuaInterface is a library for integration between the Lua language and Microsoft .NET platform's Common Language Runtime (CLR). Lua scripts can use it to instantiate CLR objects, access properties, call methods, and even handle events with Lua functions."
With this library in mind, we can then take a look at a question that is very similar to yours, asked by another individual. Lua in Visual Basic.net
You can refer to this link for a LuaInterface Tutorial: http://penlight.luaforge.net/project-pages/penlight/packages/LuaInterface/
With this said, the previous user that asked the question similar to yours posted some code that can come in handy in understanding the process you must follow to execute LUA within a VB.NET Form. It appears to be straight forward and will more than likely be sufficient for what you wish to accomplish.
Heres the code provided by user: bubby4j in his original question.
Imports LuaInterface
Public Class Form1
Public luascripting As New Lua()
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
luascripting.RegisterFunction("DisplayText", Me,Me.GetType().GetMethod("DisplayText"))
luascripting.DoFile("script.lua")
End Sub
End Class
I hope this helps you accomplish what you have in mind! Good luck. Dayan D.
