Re: OSAX & X
Re: OSAX & X
- Subject: Re: OSAX & X
- From: garrett <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 15:48:25 -0600
actually - thanx for the info - but i'm working within OS X - don't run
clasic.
Sometime 'round 04/05/2002 06:01 AM, has at email@hidden
described:
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Rob Jorgensen wrote:
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>> I'm confused - can all OSAX be used with OS X just by dropping them into the
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>> Scripting Additions folder? Because I'm trying to get Tanaka's to work - but
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>> none of the commands are recognized.
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> Nope, only osax which have been developed for OS X will work in OS X.
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You can use MacOS8/9 osaxen in Classic though, yes? I'm sure folk have
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mentioned in the past that you can run a script server in Classic that'll
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let you access non-OS X osaxen. e.g. Something like:
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--"tanaka server" (save as stay-open applet in classic)
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on MTEncodeURL(theURL)
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MT Encode URL theURL
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end MTEncodeURL
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on MTParseCGI(theString, fieldName)
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MT Parse CGI theString field name fieldName convert to MacRoman
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end MTParseCGI
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tell application "tanaka server" to MTEncodeURL(someURL)
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Probably going to be fairly slow, however, plus you'll have to compromise
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over optional parameters in the osaxen calls somehow (various ways you can
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do this; none are ideal).
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--
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> There may be good news on the horizon though. Here's a description
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> for one of the sessions at the upcoming WWDC.
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> a new plug-in architecture to replace OSAXen ... [Wed., May 8, 9-10am]
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Curse Apple's obsessive Secrecy about Everything - now I gotta bounce up
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and down in frustration for a whole month till I find out what the heck
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this all means.:p (Will it introduce unique namespaces? Will it handle
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AS-based modules, as well as ones written in compiled C and friends? What
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other cool grooviness will it introduce?)
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Cheers,
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has
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http://www.barple.connectfree.co.uk/ -- The Little Page of Beta AppleScripts
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