Thanks. I'll give it a try. I'm sure you'll hear from me if I run into a
problem!
Ken
On 6/18/07 4:35 PM, "Philip Aker" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 2007-06-18, at 13:10:19, Fleisher, Ken wrote:
>
>> I've not dealt with plist files before. Are there good examples of
>> creating, writing to, and reading from one? What's the difference
>> between that and just any text file?
>
>
> do shell script "defaults write com.fleisher.ken SomeDefaultsKey
> 'Saved string value'"
>
> set saved_key to (do shell script "defaults read com.fleisher.ken
> SomeDefaultsKey"
>
> Note that with this kind of method, it's generally much easier to use
> default values as string, boolean, or numbers rather than arrays or
> dictionaries. For a small utility, that's usually all you'd need anyway.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Philip Aker
> email@hidden
>
>
--
Ken Fleisher
Photographer
Imaging & Visual Services
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 712-7471
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