Re: interesting discovery (trying to get record labels as strings)
Re: interesting discovery (trying to get record labels as strings)
- Subject: Re: interesting discovery (trying to get record labels as strings)
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:14:56 -0800
At 2:14 -0500 12/3/2001, email@hidden wrote:
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OK, I can't handle this anymore! usrf! Raw contents of Apple Event Manager
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records! AssociativeLib script objects! Aaarrgghh!!!! I'm too concrete for
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such things. I like text. Text will still be around in 50 years. None of the
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other stuff will be.
Even worse, Apple could make changes any time which would break everything
I said. And since they've been saying for a decade--probably more for
seeded Developers--that one should not rely on the internals, I wouldn't
complain. Nor will I be the one writing the OSAX I put forth.
The existing record behavior needs to remain [old scripts] (I'm not sure
that the "small" change of moving everything into "usrf" meets that);
something new needs to be added. Your approach is better than hacking the
existing records.
I won't be around in 50 years, either...nor will any of my scripts. You
should consider export to/import from XML (which is text that is widely
understood and still gaining following) as an add-on, I think.
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA