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Re: Apple System Profiler

Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
From: David Emmons <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:58:25 -0500

2.5

> From: Mike Tuller <email@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:13:47 -0600
> To: David Emmons <email@hidden>, Applescript
> <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
>
> Check the version of ASP that you are using. As it is written now, it will
> only work with version 2.4.5. Most likely you have a lower version than
> that. You will need to modify the script to fit what version you have. It
> should only be a couple of things.
>
> If you want to, let me know what version you have, and I might be able to
> tell you what you need to do.
>
>> From: David Emmons <email@hidden>
>> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:57:59 -0500
>> To: Mike Tuller <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
>>
>> I tried the script, but it went OOPS, which looks like during the creation
>> of the file...not sure where to go from there..This goes way beyond my AS
>> knowledge...if it were Excel VBA then.....<G>
>>
>> -Dave
>>
>>> From: Mike Tuller <email@hidden>
>>> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:16:33 -0600
>>> To: David Emmons <email@hidden>
>>> Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
>>>
>>> 2.5 will come with 9.1 I know, so you must have an inside track.
>>>
>>>> From: David Emmons <email@hidden>
>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:01:54 -0500
>>>> To: Mike Tuller <email@hidden>, Applescript
>>>> <email@hidden>
>>>> Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
>>>>
>>>> Funny, my ASP is version 2.5 which I seem to remember getting off the
>>>> developer site a while back. I'll have to give your script a whirl to see
>>>> if
>>>> it works. (iMac DV SE/400, 9.04)
>>>>
>>>> -Dave
>>>>
>>>>> From: Mike Tuller <email@hidden>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:58:12 -0600
>>>>> To: Applescript <email@hidden>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
>>>>>
>>>>> And to add to it, the script I modified (originally created by Jonathan
>>>>> Neff) needs ASP version 2.4.5 to work which came with the new Indigo iMac,
>>>>> so you will have to have a new machine to run it. It can be easily changed
>>>>> to work on lower versions though.
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Richard 23 <email@hidden>
>>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:41:23 -0800
>>>>>> To: <email@hidden>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:47:05 -0800
>>>>>>>> To: Mike Tuller <email@hidden>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Apple System Profiler
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your script doesn't compile; all the "info" statements are rejected.
>>>>>>>> What's
>>>>>>>> the correct syntax?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> tell application "HardDisk:Desktop Folder:Apple System Profiler"
>>>>>>>>> make new report at beginning
>>>>>>>>> repeat until gathering is false
>>>>>>>>> end repeat
>>>>>>>>> set macOSInfo to MacOS info
>>>>>>>>> set memoryInfo to memory info
>>>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The success of script like my ASPquery or one like Mike Tuller's is very
>>>>>> much dependant upon the version of ASP you're running.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MacOS 8.6 users receive version 2.2.0
>>>>>> MacOS 9.0.x users have version 2.4.4
>>>>>> version avaiable for download 2.1.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The dictionary containing the terms you can use to get information
>>>>>> from Apple System Profiler changed quite a bit between Mac OS 8.6
>>>>>> and 9.0.4. Here's a numerical breakdown of what's different
>>>>>> between the two sets of terminologies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.2.0 2.4.4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Application Properties 18 101
>>>>>> Report Properties 6 89
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My script won't be much fun without terminology available in
>>>>>> version 2.4.4. The Mac OS 8.6 version doesn't appear to provide
>>>>>> much terminology for accessing values gathered by the ASP. You'll
>>>>>> need to refer to ASPs dictionary for specifics as to which properties
>>>>>> are avaiable in your version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Making matters worse, while I assumed, like SimpleText, ASP updates
>>>>>> were freely provided... guess again. A preliminary search turned up
>>>>>> ASP 2.1.2 as the version freely available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unless you have ASP 2.4.4 accessing individual properties isn't
>>>>>> very likely. I'd email Apple and ask that they make the more
>>>>>> scriptable version available to all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So once again, if you have Mac OS 9, you may find my ASPquery script
>>>>>> helpful. I will put the information about differences between the
>>>>>> ASP versions on my site in the next couple of days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://homepage.mac.com/richard23/applescript01.html#ASPquery
>>>>>>
>>>>>> R23
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