Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from>
Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from>
- Subject: Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from>
- From: Allen Watson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 03:45:44 -0800
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:18:57 +0000 Jason W. Bruce <email@hidden>
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Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:18:57 +0000
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Subject: Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from>
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Subject: Re: Scripting Palm Desktop (was Re: Saving an attachment from>
Entourage)
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From: "Jason W. Bruce" <email@hidden>
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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.
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Allen, I don't think this is the case at all with the Palm Desktop's
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dictionary. For most scripting needs, the dictionary is fine -- no more or
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less complicated than any other scriptable application. I think you're
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dissuading people from scripting a great application.
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Well, as you've no doubt seen by now, I'm not the only one who feels that
Palm Desktop's dictionary bears little resemblance to reality. Perhaps we've
just hit on certain areas of it that don't work. You posted a script to the
original questioner that, I presume, works. I have saved it to take a look
at it; maybe you can change our minds. But from my previous very frustrating
experience trying to script something for PD, I don't think so.