Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from> Entourage)
Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from> Entourage)
- Subject: Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from> Entourage)
- From: "Jason W. Bruce" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:18:57 +0000
Allen Watson wrote:
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Second, Palm's dictionary is hopelessly out of sync with the reality of its
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scripting terms; apparently no one at Palm cares to keep it current.
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(Dictionaries are readable by using "Open Dictionary" from Script Editor's
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File menu, and opening the application file, but don't bother with Palm.) It
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is useless; the only way to find what works is to find existing scripts, or
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to ask, or just blindly try. It's pretty hopeless in my opinion, and in the
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opinion of most who have tried.
Allen, I don't think this is the case at all with the Palm Desktop's
dictionary. For most scripting needs, the dictionary is fine -- no more or
less complicated than any other scriptable application. I think you're
dissuading people from scripting a great application.
Jason Bruce