RE: Xserve and Applescript
RE: Xserve and Applescript
- Subject: RE: Xserve and Applescript
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 02:12:40 EDT
Kim,
Three issues come to mind:
(1) Which version of AppleScript did the XServe ship with
(and which version OS X)? There were buggy AS releases out
for a while, and it is possible that you received one with
a bad version (upgrade time!). Similiarly, for a while, OS
9.2.x shipped with AS version 1.7 (or 1.7.x) which was
buggy -- opt to downgrade the 9.2 machines to AS 1.6.x or
upgrade to 1.8.3. You may find doing so will suddenly clear
up a number of your problems.
(2) Absolute and local pathnames. If the scripts invoke
path names that were colon delimited may need to be changed
to reflect the new path names for the server
(domain/user/etc, rather than FileShare:production:current
project).
(3) which version of Quark XPress (v3.x/4.x/5.x)? If you
upgraded Quark at the platform level at the same time you
upgraded the server, this may have 'broken' certain script
calls, where the type of data returned for certain Quark
XPress commands have changed (search past AppleScript users
list postings for Quark AND Coerce OR Coercion). The
postings you find will explain the data type issue more
clearly.
Best Wishes,
Marc S.A. Glasgow
Mac Consultant, Tampa, FL
Kim Wrote:
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We've run into some serious AS problems since changing our
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server to an Xserve. Virtually all of our production
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applescripts have broken in one way or another. Most of the
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them access files from the server which are required to be
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read onto the local machine where they are processed and
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actions taken.
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These mostly deal with Quark - placing ads on pages,
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archiving and EPSing etc. The problem seems specific to
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later versions of OS9 - 9.1 and 9.2. Older 8.6 and 9.0.4
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users seem to be OK.
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Can someone tell me if there was any major change in the
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way the 'read' function works in the newer systems? Our ad
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system creates a plain text file called 'to0814.ads' and
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9.2 machines can't 'read' the file. (And no, we're not
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asking for type 'TEXT')
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I'd be very interested in hearing from anyone with access
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to an Xserve who might be able to test 'read' for me
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