Re: AS adoption barriers --- vs. WSH and VB for PC's
Re: AS adoption barriers --- vs. WSH and VB for PC's
- Subject: Re: AS adoption barriers --- vs. WSH and VB for PC's
- From: Mohamed Shams <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:45:14 -0400
On 9/26/01 2:24 AM, "kim" <email@hidden> wrote:
Kim... The demos you may have seen would have been as useful/advanced as
the demonstrators 'wanted' them to be... Or what they 'were able' to do
with them...
As per your questions.... Here is the answer
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can you extract data from an FMP db?
Yes I can.. FMP exposes a couple of objects for automation (see the lit.)
However.. It's easier/faster to do with some other DB systems (will
elaborate if you want.)
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in quark,
I don't know about Quark automation on PC's !!?
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intact, import some pictures and format/rotate/scale them, save the
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document as an EPS, archive the original in a new folder with all
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associated artwork, distill it to a screen res PDF, email it to a client
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and log the lot into a different db? Get an email response from the
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client and then create a press res PDF and send it to a rip - all without
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human interaction?
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YES.... PhotoShop is very scriptable... Get the SDK and take a look at the
documents yourself... I've used PhotoScripter with PhotoShop on the Macs for
quite some time... And I have to say that my scripts on the PC run way
faster and more stable...
I could mention a few email automation options off the top of my head now...
But the most popular of course is Outlook... Which is very well documented
and can be programmed with the VBA editor (IDE that ships with MS-Office .
similar to Visual Studio.. Very elaborate)
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I'm happy to concede WSH (and VB and Winbatch) can probably do wonderful
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things but they are not the equal of Applescript
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By the way.What I get paid to do is AppleScript mostly.. PC scripts are a
small part of the bus. Because most of Graphics workstations are Macs..
However.. It definitely helps to be able to get things done on the rest of
the computers in your company... Right ;-)
There is a lot of detail involved when you want to compare the
technologies.. I have programmed both.. And I can say that to cut a long
story short... In contrast, AS is easier... Faster to develop with...
Most applications are scriptable to some extent.. This is the REAL EDGE...
If you want to talk about advantages... And it's a really major advantage.
As for WSH and VB.... They're generally faster and more stable... Few
applications are fully scriptable... It has a very sophisticated
development environment (something we don't have for AS).. ActiveX
controls are available to add functionality for everything from FTP to
medical imaging..
Needless to say also, most of the IT types are PC fanatics, and have
exclusively PC programming experience... I personally think that it doesn't
pay to be fanatic about anything... I aim to get the best of both.
Mohamed