Re: The future for AppleScript [was Re: where are the shell scripts ?]
Re: The future for AppleScript [was Re: where are the shell scripts ?]
- Subject: Re: The future for AppleScript [was Re: where are the shell scripts ?]
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:58:42 -0600
On 2/10/05 7:51 AM, "Martin Orpen" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> The information about Automator on the developer site makes it look slick -
>>> but *so* limited compared to what you can achieve with a good AS dictionary.
>>
>> And what do you think the simplest way for an ISV to provide hooks for
>> Automator is going to be?
>
> Well, if you've got a choice of two methods and you've written the app in
> whatever-C then I doubt that you're going to bother inserting an AppleScript
> Automator Action when you can see Cocoa Automator Action sitting below it.
>
> But my point was that either choice allows you to avoid creating a proper
> script suite that will be useful to proper AppleScripters.
>
> An app with a big script suite and a copy of Script Debugger is a joy. My
> worry is that we're going to be seeing "Result Code = 1006" every time a new
> application is released :-(
No, no...you don't' get it...not how do you create actions...but how do you
enable people to use your app with automator...and the simplest way is a
nice, fat AppleScript dictionary...
john
--
Know and use all the capabilities in your airplane. If you don't, sooner or
later, some guy who does use them all will kick your ass.
-- Dave 'Preacher' Pace
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