Re: Executing an AppleScript on a networked computer
Re: Executing an AppleScript on a networked computer
- Subject: Re: Executing an AppleScript on a networked computer
- From: Harald E Brandt <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 09:00:00 +0200
+--> Christopher Nebel wrote 03-04-27:
On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 10:42 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:
Using ScriptEditor 1.9 on my OS neXt machine - a G4 running 10.2.5
named Earth - I enter:
tell application "Finder" of machine "Jupiter"
open file "Ganymede:CheckAdminMail"
-- CheckAdminMail" is a tested AppleScript saved as an APPL
on Jupiter.
end tell
Pressing check Syntax results in an edited version like this:
tell application "Finder"
open file "Ganymede:CheckAdminMail"
end tell
Obviously that is not what I want to do. ... Does interprocess
communication work at all over an AppleTalk network? Does anyone
actually use it? Is there a problem with OS neXt talking to
Classic?
As a matter of fact, no, it doesn't work. EPPC over AppleTalk has
never been and will never be supported in Mac OS X. EPPC over IP
works fine talking to Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, and Classic, but you must
supply the proper machine URL.
+--
Ok, this is the first time you (Christopher), or anybody else,
clearly say that it will actually NEVER be supported in Mac OS X!!
It's a question I have asked you a LONG time ago... albeit without
any definitive answer.
For me, the issue is a real problem, since I have old machines
that can't be upgraded to OS 9 and with which I MUST communicate! It
is a real problem. I have hitherto used "trampoline apps", which are
native OS 9 script apps, called from OS X scripts, that do the
communication to the remote 68k machines. However, various bugs in
classic, some of which I have reported and are verified by Apple, are
causing problems, making this technique an undesirable solution.
Completely trashing all old machines is NOT easily done! The above
clear statement has finally killed any hope of a stable communication
with these old machines which I simply cannot trash at this moment.
Although the statement is very negative, it is nevertheless better
than no answer at all. Now I do at least know there is no hope!
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