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Re: Open URL in Netscape?
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Re: Open URL in Netscape?


  • Subject: Re: Open URL in Netscape?
  • From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:40:43 -0800

At 10:05 -0800 12/14/2001, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
>I.e. you can't set this property. (But in certain applications , it's worth
>attempting to set r/o properties at the moment of creation:
>
> make new something with properties {cantdo:"do it anyway"}
>
>Sometimes it works. When it does, it's one of the most satisfying
>discoveries you ever get in AppleScript.

And when in dire straits, it's probably worth trying to change a "read
only" property. Dictionaries and applications aren't always in agreement.
Of course if it works, you have to worry about what will be fixed: the
dictionary or the application.

--John


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