How to use roslyn or other method to execute code from textbox?

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Is there any way to execute code from textbox using Roslyn or other method?
If yes, can you give some tips or samples?

I'm kinda new to coding so an example would be great to be honest.

Basically I want to execute a piece of code using textbox on the form.

Thanks in advance!

What I have tried:

Nothing at the moment since I don't know where to start...

Posted 8-Apr-20 8:56am

Daniel André

Updated 11-Mar-21 5:13am

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Garth J Lancaster 8-Apr-20 21:27pm

"Basically I want to execute a piece of code using textbox on the form" .. the question in my mind is 'how complex' is this code you want to execute ? I did a quick Google (since it's something I've often thought about) using "c# roslyn scripting from string" and received a number of hits, appearing useful

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jkluge · Answer 1 · 2021-03-11T05:13:00

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How about using the microsoft script control? Like this:

Adding VBScript and JScript support in your C++ applications[^]

Posted 11-Mar-21 5:13am

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