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Re: AppleScript 1.6 and Mac OS 8.6 - SOLVED
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Re: AppleScript 1.6 and Mac OS 8.6 - SOLVED


  • Subject: Re: AppleScript 1.6 and Mac OS 8.6 - SOLVED
  • From: Andy Wylie <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:17:36 +0000

on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:08:10 +1100 Shane Stanley wrote:

>On 22/11/02 8:20 AM +1000, Andy Wylie, email@hidden, wrote:
>
>> on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:21:17 +1100 Shane Stanley wrote:
>>
>>> If that suits you, fine, but there's really no need to. Calls to scripting
>>> additions generally work fine when addressed to apps.
>>>
>> But not in a recent OS if I recall correctly
>
>There were some problems with those that produced dialogs under the original
>OS X 10.0, I think, but I doubt that anyone is still using that version.
>
this is what I was thinking of...

on Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:38:14 -0800 Christopher Nebel wrote:

>This is a known bug in AppleScript 1.7, and should be fixed in the
>current 1.8.2b3 seed. Using Finder object specifiers with scripting
>addition calls like this is a little-known and undocumented but
>often-used feature. (Typically, it's used somewhat accidentally by
>newbies like yourself -- more experienced folk "know" it shouldn't work
>and don't try it. I should point out that it doesn't work on Mac OS X
>yet because of a problem in the Finder itself.)


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