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Re: Can someone explain this?

Subject: Re: Can someone explain this?
From: Chris Nebel <email@hidden>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:22:00 -0800
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

Paul Berkowitz wrote:

> Have you noticed before that when you
> use the booleans true and false after a property (as usually defined in a
> dictionary) , AppleScript compiles them to the English-like 'with' and
> 'without' followed by the property? So I think what's happening here is that
> AS is understanding this as a so
>
> Set2be [unknown event] to [boolean parameter of the event] true
>
> compiling to:
>
> Set2be [unknown event] with to
>
> which, as you say, errors in execution. Interestingly, it says "<<script>>
> doesn't understand the Set2be message" rather than "undefined variable", so
> I think that shows it thinks that 'Set2be' is supposed to be an event, not a
> variable, due to the boolean parameter syntax.
>
> Anyone?

Exactly correct, Paul.

--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering

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