Multi-user server-hosted script?
Multi-user server-hosted script?
- Subject: Multi-user server-hosted script?
- From: Jeremy Reichman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:55:57 -0500
I'm looking for a way to get a script that's hosted on a file server to be
multi-user. I've tried setting the multi-user flag in ResEdit, but that
hasn't helped so far. For the moment, I've got multiple copies of the same
script available on the server just in case we need more than one instance.
However, this is very clunky.
It is hosted on a Mac OS X Server 1.2 system, on an HFS+ volume, if that
makes any difference.
Any ideas?
Also, this same script is a drag and drop one. We occasionally have
problems running the script because it won't accept drag operations from
the Finder. It doesn't highlight.
We typically run the script from an Apple system CD (Mac OS 9.x) because
these CDs a) come with computers (the script is used to image new ones)
and b) they support DHCP-vended IP addresses (and thus AFP over IP,
important for file transfers). The script's entire operation is dependent
upon drag and drop working -- thanks to the limited implementation of
AppleScript on Apple's system CDs (they don't have the Standard Additions
OSAX, to do things like "display dialog" ... ) -- so this is a real
problem. Usually, rebooting will help out. Sometimes, quitting the Finder
will help.
I'd love it if someone had an idea as to why the script sometimes fails to
allow items to be dropped on it from the Finder. There doesn't seem to be
any rhyme or reason -- the system CD that works could fail the next time
you try it, the computer that worked could fail if you try to image it
again, and so on.
Thanks!
--
Jeremy Reichman