Re: Wow, this is strange...
Re: Wow, this is strange...
- Subject: Re: Wow, this is strange...
- From: "Charles Arthur" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:02:06 +0000
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At 8:46 pm -0800 17/2/02, email@hidden wrote:
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Well, I jumped into MacOS X last week, gotta 933MHZ G4 with the 17 inch
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lcd, I had
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been working on a Mac 7600 for the last 5.5 years.
Must seem kinda different. Faster, I bet.
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I thought I would take another look at AppleScript, I have been away for
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about 1-2 years.
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I down loaded Smile 2.3.0 and AppleScript 1.8.2b1 and tried running some of
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my old scripts...ugh, disaster!
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I have a script that converts a QIF file to a CSV file that mysteriously
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fails from time to
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time with the message that it does not understand an invocation of one of the
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handlers. I thought programs with the same input should get the same
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output ;(
There have been a lot of changes.. unless you were somehow running OS9 on
the 7600.
OS X doesn't have scripting additions (well, not many) whereas I expect
your 7600 did.
But scripts do run faster, and you do get the benefit of the protected
memory, and multitasking. I think it's positive overall.
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One variation of the above program uses the old, old program "Progress Bar"
Must be. Never heard of it.
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If I run the progress bar program and then run the above script it
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functions ok.
Perhaps a parent-child problem in the scripts' structure?
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Is there a more "modern looking" object that can be used to track "progress"?
There's a real live scriptable progress bar, if you graduate to Applescript
Studio. Needs the Dec 2001 Developer Tools, which you might have on your
new machine (if it has the Developer CD). Else you'll need to join up
online (developer.apple.com - free online membership) and download it all.
But it's really worth it for X.
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Finally, is there a survival guide for MacOS X AppleScript programmers?
AStudio is probably it; it does so much you want to do, with really good
dialogues.
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Getting back up to speed is going to be painful.
Nah, you'll be surprised how quickly it comes together.
Charles
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