Re: desperate-use AS on MACOS 8.1
Re: desperate-use AS on MACOS 8.1
- Subject: Re: desperate-use AS on MACOS 8.1
- From: vectormation <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:40:14 -0400
The editor is usually in a folder called Apple Extras... if you can't
find it anywhere on your system - reinstall from the CD. If you don't
have the 8.1 CD, then I suggest you buy OS 9 and just upgrade.
~Phi
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Hi
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I am turning to your list in sheer desperation:
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I need to automate various tasks on a PPC G3 running MACOS 8.1
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(backup copies, gzipping the files and then ftp file transfers)
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I can see the applescript extension in the extensions folder but
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cannot find anywhere the "script editor", effectively barring me
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from any scripting task (?)
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As I do not seem to have all the documentation for this machine
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/ MACOS 8.1 / applescript version, I must confess that I do not
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even know if there should be a "script editor"? (I see this
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referenced in all the AS documentation on the Apple site, but
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this is for MACOS 9.0 or higher)
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Any sugestions?
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Is it possible that the applescript needs to be reinstalled from
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the MACOS 8.1 CDROM disks? if so, how?
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Does anybody have (a link to ) documentation for this older
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version of applescript for MACOS 8.1?
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Is it worthwhile trying to do what I need to do in AS, or would
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MacPerl be a more appropriate (as being more uptodate) choice?
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I would appreciate any comments
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Thank you
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Fred
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