Porting to Mac OS

[MooglePower]

I wrote a script for a specific environment that now wants to incorporate Mac as well as Windows boxes. Is it possible to port AutoIt scripts to Mac OS or will I have to rewrite it from the ground up in a different language? Is there a compiler for Mac OS?

I realize that a lot of things (drive mapping, for example) work different in Mac OS than they do in Windows, so I'll have to do some rewriting regardless of whether it's possible or not to do a smooth port.

[MvGulik]

AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting.

Nope. "Windows Gui" actually means for "Windows OS GUI".

(... If need be.)

[MooglePower]

Drat! Thanks for the info.

Maybe it'd be possible to create some sort of wrapper for the AutoIt code, perhaps in Java. I'll have to look into this.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Nope. "Windows Gui" actually means for "Windows OS GUI".

(... If need be.)

[Richard Robertson]

You'll have to find some sort of Mac specific automation tool.

[Jason407]

I wrote a script for a specific environment that now wants to incorporate Mac as well as Windows boxes. Is it possible to port AutoIt scripts to Mac OS or will I have to rewrite it from the ground up in a different language? Is there a compiler for Mac OS?

I realize that a lot of things (drive mapping, for example) work different in Mac OS than they do in Windows, so I'll have to do some rewriting regardless of whether it's possible or not to do a smooth port.

If your script is simple, this may work:

http://lifehacker.com/5440703/winebottler-turns-windows-programs-into-standalone-os-x-applications

[maqleod]

Look into applescript and cocoa for automation tools and native gui apps for a Mac.

The two together function much the same for Mac OS as AutoIt does for Windows and will probably work better than any sort of wrapper you could write for AutoIt to function on a Mac.