Re: why won't this compile?
Re: why won't this compile?
- Subject: Re: why won't this compile?
- From: has <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:54:25 +0000
Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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> What am I doing wrong, if anything?
>
The construct 'application "Internet Explorer"' is not the same as the
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English words 'application' & "Internet Explorer".
The problem is that the AS compiler doesn't know (how?) to look for the
application dictionary, so cannot identify the application keywords. [Sort
of a Catch-22... the script has to run for the string "Internet Explorer"
to be assigned to the variable 'browser', but the script can't be run until
it's been compiled.]
>
So you can't substitute
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a variable. 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.)
Nope, doesn't work in 8.6. Must be a 9.x thing.
Smile has a feature called 'copy translate' that makes it easy to get the
raw codes. Raw codes ain't pretty, but they'll do the job.
======================================================================
set theURL to "
http://www.maccentral.com";
set theWindow to -1 -- top window
set browser to "Internet Explorer"
tell application browser
[LEFT-DOUBLE-CHEVRON]event WWW!OURL[RIGHT-DOUBLE-CHEVRON] theURL
[NO-BREAK]given [LEFT-DOUBLE-CHEVRON]class
[NO-BREAK]WIND[RIGHT-DOUBLE-CHEVRON]:theWindow,
[NO-BREAK][LEFT-DOUBLE-CHEVRON]class FLGS[RIGHT-DOUBLE-CHEVRON]:7
end tell
======================================================================
HTH
has