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'''Qt Script for ApplicationsQtScript'''s ('''QSA''') isa scripting engine, addonthat tohas been part of the [[Qt toolkit]] since version 4.3.0.

The scripting language is based on the [[ECMAScript]] standard. The library contains the engine, simple script editor and two extension frameworks to create simple dialogs, read and write files and execute and manipulate processes.

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It is dual-licensed under [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and a commercial license

==Qt Script for Applications (QSA)==

QSA is released by [[Trolltech]] on the following ''platforms'':

An earlier and unrelated scripting engine, called '''Qt Script for Applications''' (QSA), was shipped by Trolltech as a separate Qt-based library, dual-licensed under [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and a commercial license.

* QSA for [[X Window System]] ([[Linux]]/[[Unix]])

* QSA for Apple [[Mac OS X]]

* QSA for [[Microsoft Windows]] (only QSA versions compatible with Qt 4 are available under GPL)

With the release of QtScript, QSA has been deprecated and will reach its end of life in [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2007/01/05/say-hello-to-qtscript/|title=Say hello to QtScript!}}</ref>

From Qt version 4.3.0 onward, the scripting API <ref>[http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qtscript.html Qt 4.3: QtScript Module<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, which is based on Qt Script for Applications <ref>[http://doc.trolltech.com/qsa-1.2.2/ QSA 1.2: Qt Script for Applications<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> is integrated as core part of Qt and is no longer a separate library.

== External links ==

* [http://doc.trolltech.com/qsa-14.2.23/indexqtscript.html QSAQtScript documentationmodule]

* [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/addon/qsa QSA homepage]

* [http://doc.trolltech.com/qsa-1.2.2/index.html QSA documentation]

==References==