Re: StartupDisk application in Control panel
Re: StartupDisk application in Control panel
- Subject: Re: StartupDisk application in Control panel
- From: "Christopher C. Stone" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:50:58 -0600
At 13:41 -0500 01/29/01, Samuel Hargis wrote:
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Ian Mantripp wrote:
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> The Startup disk control panel is scriptable as from OS 9.1
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If so, then why doesn't it show up as a scriptable app and
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why doesn't the Script Editor see a dictionary for it?
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Hey Samuel,
I can't give a specific answer to that other than to remark that Script Editor is not as able in any fashion as it's more powerful cousins Script Debugger, Scripter, and SMILE.
SD and SMILE recognize the Startup Disk CP as scriptable right off the bat. (I don't have Scripter and cannot test but would be surprised if it were otherwise.) Script Editor will only do so if you drag the SD-CP to it's icon.
I find the SD-CP implementation to be very disappointing. Though more powerful than it's predecessor, it is slow, it does not offer keyboard operation of any of it's features, and it does not visually register scripted changes until it is quit and reopened.
tell application "Startup Disk"
activate
set startup disk alias to alias "Minerva:"
quit
activate
end tell
I also find the terminology to be obtuse:
set startup disk alias to alias "Minerva:"
SD-CP has a terminology conflict with Akua Sweets which prevents compilation.
Best Regards,
Christopher Stone
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