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I found the Wikipedia entry for SCAR :p

I have one question about it though.

Two instances of SCAR can also communicate with each other by using Inter-SCAR-Messaging functions.

Is this refering to the RC Master setup? It doesn't sound like it…

If it's not that, then what is it?

It's the interscar messaging function. Two different scar applications running at the same time are able to communicate with each other by using the following procedures/functions (taken from manual):

procedure SendInterSCARMessage(id, message: string) - Sends a string to another script. The ID is used for both scripts to communicate with each other by sending and reading the string/messages. Example: SendInterScarMessage('control', 'Please stop taking my chips');

function ReadInterSCARMessage(id: string): string - Reads string/messages sent by another script by means of an ID.
Example:
if(ReadInterScarMessage('control') = 'Please stop taking my chips') then
Writeln('But I already ate them!');

Those functions can be very helpful if you want to make a 'Control Box' type script to run alongside another. Kinda like a 'live' proggy report; you could see exactly what the main script is doing

If only it worked over networks…you could manage tons of scripts at once…

Thanks!

Now why have I never heard of this…

I'll have to check it out.

Edit: How do I get the script ID?

I will release something that uses it a lot one day.