Re: why won't this compile?
Re: why won't this compile?
- Subject: Re: why won't this compile?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:45:29 -0800
On 12/28/01 12:36 AM, "Steven Angier" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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> For OS's earlier than 9, you need to compile the script using
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> raw codes, without the 'using terms from'. (Or maybe this was introduced in
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> OS 8.6, I forget.)
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I think that it is much simpler to use the double-tell technique as this works
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reliably on
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systems 7.5 and above (just make sure the first tell is to the variable):
That's an old fairy-tale that has been disproved often (before the
introduction of 'using terms from'), after a 2-year argument on MacScrpt.
See
<
http://www.eremita.demon.co.uk/scripting/applescript/doubletell.html>
for the best discussion of it. Anyway, are many people still scripting for
OS 7.5?
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Paul Berkowitz