Re: AS 1.5 (OS X PB) bug fixed in 1.5.5?
Re: AS 1.5 (OS X PB) bug fixed in 1.5.5?
- Subject: Re: AS 1.5 (OS X PB) bug fixed in 1.5.5?
- From: Chris Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:35:57 -0800
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
"Donald S. Hall" wrote:
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The version of AS that comes with the OS X PB does not seem to handle file
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position markers correctly. If you write to a file "starting at eof", the
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last character previously in the file is overwritten. If you try to create a
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new file with open for access, you get a -40 error (attempt to put the file
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marker before the start of the file), effectively making the creation of a
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new file impossible. Has anyone else noticed this, and is it fixed in the
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newer version of AS (1.5.5)?
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Is there any way to upgrade to 1.5.5 in OS X PB?
No, there isn't -- there are all sorts of packaging issues involved (Carbon vs.
non-Carbon, CFM vs. Mach-O). However, all those bugs and more are fixed in the
real Mac OS X coming out on March 24.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering