Re: Semi-Tan (Basic Guide to Scripting Terms?)
Re: Semi-Tan (Basic Guide to Scripting Terms?)
- Subject: Re: Semi-Tan (Basic Guide to Scripting Terms?)
- From: has <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:46:17 +0100
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has, you opened this door...
I did, didn't I? Nuts.
At the same time, I won't even claim it's accurate (don't be surprised if
folk start correcting it); it was just cobbled together as an example of
how such a guide could be pitched.
Also, there's plenty other folks who are much better qualified to write
such a beast (both as authors and as programmers). I mean, if I did it I'd
have to a. do research <gasp>, and b. learn how to write concisely without
this annoying tendency to disappear off into some long rambling discourse
about which I can't exactly remember the purpose of.... where was I again?
:) Anyway... Not I, but anyone else is welcome to try.
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All in favor of him following up and completing this dictionary in full, raise
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you hand! Oh, and can you include some App-Specific stuff from PM!?
tell application "PageMaker"
upgradeToIndesign()
getTheFrickOffMyHardDrive()
end tell
;p
Alas, as far as the PM stuff goes, I can't do much more than the links I
originally sent you covered; PM scripting is a virtual dinosaur, and
driving it from AS is even less common. Most folks who are serious about an
automated workflow would use Quark (although InDesign/Mac is also supposed
to have good AS scripting support; plus it'd provide a much easier upgrade
path as you can take your PM files along). PM scripting is one of those
things I think you'll just have to dive into and figure out as you go (like
I did:).
has