ANNOUNCE: ActiveState Adds Expect for Windows to ActiveTcl

Jeff Hobbs

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Aug 23, 2005, 7:42:41 PM8/23/05

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ActiveState Adds Expect for Windows to ActiveTcl

The popular automation tool is now free for download with ActiveTcl

Vancouver, BC, 2005/08/23

ActiveState today enhanced its ActiveTcl language distribution
by adding Expect for Windows to the popular free download. The
new ActiveTcl 8.4.11 (for Windows), the current release of
ActiveState's quality-assured distribution of the Tcl scripting
language, is available immediately as a free download.

"I'm pleased to make the power of Expect available to everyone on
Windows for free," says Jeff Hobbs, ActiveState's Senior Tcl
Developer. "ActiveState will be working with the community to
open source Expect for Windows in the near future."

ActiveState Expect for Windows is a tool for automating access to
interactive applications and is used significantly by system
administrators and test engineers. The original Expect version
was written for Unix platforms. ActiveState Expect for Windows
provides the automation power of Expect for the Windows platform.

The ActiveTcl distribution also includes ActiveState's full Expect
for Windows help documentation and 'how-to' tutorials for beginner
to advanced Expect programmers. Information on how to wrap Expect
Scripts with the ActiveState Tcl Dev Kit's TclApp, a valuable tool
for deploying Tcl programs, is also provided. ActiveState Expect
for Windows is based on Expect v5.40 and is compatible with Tcl 8.4.

Get ActiveTcl 8.4.11 (for Windows) with Expect for Windows:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/

The ActiveState Team

Quokka

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Aug 23, 2005, 8:48:39 PM8/23/05

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Jeff Hobbs wrote:
> ActiveState Adds Expect for Windows to ActiveTcl
>
> The popular automation tool is now free for download with ActiveTcl
>
> Vancouver, BC, 2005/08/23
>
> ActiveState today enhanced its ActiveTcl language distribution
> by adding Expect for Windows to the popular free download. The
> new ActiveTcl 8.4.11 (for Windows), the current release of
> ActiveState's quality-assured distribution of the Tcl scripting
> language, is available immediately as a free download.
>
> "I'm pleased to make the power of Expect available to everyone on
> Windows for free," says Jeff Hobbs, ActiveState's Senior Tcl
> Developer. "ActiveState will be working with the community to
> open source Expect for Windows in the near future."

Wow! That is fantastic!

Thank you Jeff and Activestate!

sig...@gmail.com

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Aug 23, 2005, 8:59:18 PM8/23/05

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That is very cool! I also noticed that Oratcl is shipped as well. Which
is cool too.

Robert

Donald Arseneau

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Aug 23, 2005, 10:14:13 PM8/23/05

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Jeff Hobbs <je...@removethis.activestate.com> writes:

> The popular automation tool is now free for download with ActiveTcl

Great! I'm ready to upgrade today!

--
Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca

GlennH

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Aug 24, 2005, 4:24:30 PM8/24/05

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Donald Arseneau wrote:
> Jeff Hobbs <je...@removethis.activestate.com> writes:
>
>
>>The popular automation tool is now free for download with ActiveTcl
>
>
> Great! I'm ready to upgrade today!
>
>

Yes - many thanks from me also - it opens the door to using it when ever
the need arises without having to go through all the financial
justification rigmarole.

Glenn