Re: Calling OSX AppleScript from Classic Apps
Re: Calling OSX AppleScript from Classic Apps
- Subject: Re: Calling OSX AppleScript from Classic Apps
- From: Gary Lists <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 05:08:23 -0400
On or about 7/5/03 4:09 AM, George Anten wrote:
>
At 5:49 PM -0700 7/4/03, Geoff Canyon wrote:
>
> Why not use Revolution, which works similarly to HyperCard, runs native on
OSX, and supports shell scripts directly?
>
Does it have any significant benefits over REALBasic?
>
g/a
After the previous post, I visited the site and read the promo and sample
material. I was so intrigued (not by the $995 price mind you...choke) that I
downloaded the limited/free version. [Limits the number of lines in a
script, and limits DB access to ODBC, excluding the highly desirable MySQL
and Valentina, which are only available at the next very large license fee
increment.]
The site says that you can compile your solutions for any of the supported
OS-es, which is incredibly appealing. (How that works with embedded AS I
don't know.) It does not say up front whether they are run-time or whether
the user must also have Rev. I have not explored the online help, and the
manual is not distributed with the free version. :( AFAIR, RB can build
stand-alone applications, right? That's a potential difference, if so.
Unfortunately, the second Sample Stack I opened from the Rev install, and
every subsequent stack I have tried to open since, reports: "Stack corrupt.
Please look for a backup." I can create new ones, however.
I'm going to give making a functioning one a try this weekend, despite this
none too impressive first exposure.
While I don't know the latest on RB, having failed miserably at getting a
grasp of the environment despite having dreamed (dreamt?) in BASIC for most
of my adolescence, if RB can create X-plat builds then I'd say that would
give them a similar UI/construction metaphor, from the feature sets I've
read and from the views of the RB and Rev working environments. They look
similar...widgets and property boxes and such. Again, I have not looked at
RB in over two years.
Of course, Revolution claims to open and run HC stacks -- those are also
reported as corrupt -- but if it really can, then obviously that would be a
key difference for an HC --> Revolution revolution.
--
Gary
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