Partition Manager 8.5

The program actions can also be represented in form of a script. The script describes the appropriate operation with macro-language commands. There is an interpreter utility - SCRIPTS.exe, which is included in the program installation package. This utility works in the unattended mode, which allows the user to automate operations.

Starting

The user may not write a script since the program has a convenient interface for such a task. In order to generate a script on the base of the entered parameters of the required operation, the user should take the following steps:

   Select in the Main menu: Tools > Generate Script…

Settings

Define script generation options with the Generate script dialog.

   Script file destination. The program allows saving script files to local drives. Press the Browse button to define destination and a filename for a new script file. The default file extension that is reserved for scripting files is .psl. However, a script can be saved under any filename.

In addition, there is the possibility to make further detailed settings (although the default values will do in most cases). To activate the advance mode, the user needs to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page. The following options become available:

   Interaction with the user. Mark the option to pause the script interpreter during the execution to prompt the user’s confirmation or other input. Otherwise the program will not stop using default values for parameters if needed.

   Commit after each operation. Mark the option to commit changes after each operation.

   Check for errors after each operation. Mark the option to insert a special code in script, which checks the status of the last executed operation and stops the script processing if there are errors of any kind.

Results

After the operation is completed the user receives a new script file. It is placed into the specified destination, its features defined in the dialog.