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Re: Compiled AppleScripts for 'other' languages
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Re: Compiled AppleScripts for 'other' languages


  • Subject: Re: Compiled AppleScripts for 'other' languages
  • From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:49:47 +0200

At 2:07 PM +1000 21/06/03, Dale Gillard wrote:
>Hi
>
>Does an AppleScript written in English have to be rewritten (ie localised) to work on say a French user's Mac?
>
>As scripts can be saved in a compiled format I am wondering whether this avoids the need to rewrite the script in French. That is, the script is compiled - converted from English text to Apple Events - and so there is no need to rewrite the script text in French.

Provided you wrote the alerts and user prompts in an international language, yes it should work. Like in:

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display dialog "This version of le fichier cannot be trouvie. Would you like to riessayer un peu plus late?"
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Emmanuel
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