Re: Activating applet or app?
Re: Activating applet or app?
- Subject: Re: Activating applet or app?
- From: JJ <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 10:13:10 +0200
>
> I'm writing a dew scripts now for an app (Excel) which doesn't have a Script
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> menu, so the scripts will be applets. Naturally, when the script has to open
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> display dialogs, either the applet has to activate, or it will activate
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> Excel and set the display dialog within the Excel block.
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>
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> Does anyone have any opinions on which is better?
My policy about this is "let the user know what are you doing only if
necessary". It is suppossed [s]/he downloaded your script after reading
something about it and what it will do for her/him.
Usually an applet/droplet works better and faster if it runs in the
foreground. This is a demonstrated experience working with apps such as the
Finder or FileMaker (like Shane told us).
So, I renew the "let the user know only if necessary". Of course, if the
user _must_ see "cell 4", then show it and ask him.
JJ
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