Re: can i 'store script' as stay open applet?
Re: can i 'store script' as stay open applet?
- Subject: Re: can i 'store script' as stay open applet?
- From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 16:26:47 +0200
At 1:29 +0200 6/09/01, Christopher Nebel wrote:
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You should be able to cheat. An applet is really a compiled script with
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a different file type and a bunch of extra resources (a little
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executable code, icons, and some application-related goo.)
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What you do is create a stay-open classic applet that has some trivial
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script in it. When you want to create a new applet, duplicate the
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skeleton to where you want it and then "store script" into it. Voila!
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(Disclaimer: I've never actually tried this, but it should work.)
This is exactly how Smile makes applets, so it should work. For more info
(in particular if you want to make background apps) check the "Script
Window" class script of Smile.
Emmanuel