Re: Do I need a newer version of Applescript (was Re: interesting discovery)
Re: Do I need a newer version of Applescript (was Re: interesting discovery)
- Subject: Re: Do I need a newer version of Applescript (was Re: interesting discovery)
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 17:20:14 +1100
On 7/12/01 4:26 PM +1000, email@hidden, email@hidden, wrote:
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Using Script Editor 1.6 and Applescript 1.7 (and Standard Additions 1.7), I
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find that
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":" as alias
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no longer works (as already reported). This sucks.
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Oh, c'mon. It was a clever undocumented hack someone came up with, and the
workaround is simple. Relying on undocumented features is always dangerous
(and yes, I've used ":" as alias too).
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For me, it is a big one - every one of my CGIs depend on it to load a script
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library which I conveniently place in the same folder with the CGI. It appears
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that I am STILL stuck at AS1.5.5 for production work.
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Surely you can just replace the relevant line of code. Use a scriptable
editor like Script Debugger and it becomes a relatively painless operation.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden