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Re: Attachability
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Re: Attachability


  • Subject: Re: Attachability
  • From: bill fancher <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 01:52:06 -0800

on 2/6/01 9:00 AM, Cal at email@hidden wrote:

> "- An attached script is a compiled script or script application that's
> associated with a menu item in an application; the script is executed when the
> user chooses that command. This type of script usually resides in a particular
> place, such as a Scripts folder. Script attachment can be implemented quickly
> and, at its most basic level, doesn't require your application to be
> scriptable."
>
This seems wrong to me. As Leonard said:

> * Attachable - provided a way for the user to run scripts from "user interface
> elements" in the application. At the time, we were thinking more along the
> lines of buttons/fields in a database or form processor, cells in a
> spreadsheet or folders in the Finder. The idea of attaching to menus and
> "Script" menus came later - most likely as a response to Jens' Script Menu and
> my OSA Menu.
>

According to the AppleScript Language Guide (p.25):

> An attachable application is one that can be customized by attaching scripts
> to specific objects in the application, such as buttons and menu items.
>

Again, according to ASLG (p.25):

> ...the Finder is an attachable application...

In the Finder, attached scripts (Folder Actions) are NOT triggered by menu
selection.

--
bill


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