Re: AppleScript dictionary
Re: AppleScript dictionary
- Subject: Re: AppleScript dictionary
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:53:55 -0600
Someday I'll get around to examining the dictionary with smile but can someone say if it's possible to write a script that will cause the Script Editor to compile a text file and save the result as an AppleScript application without any involvement by the innocent user? Is the "AppleScript" dictionary the same as the "Script Editor" dictionary?
The minimum size of a compiled APPL is about 60 kB and the source text is probably 2 kB max. It would be nice to be able to send a quick email or even an instant message containing the text and ask an unsophisticated user to "run this" by dropping the text file, or the clipboard, on a previously prepared APPL (A nice name would be AS_cc.) that passes the commands to Script Editor.
The effective result would be as simple as passing the text of a shell script.
No. It's definitely not reasonable to ask users to find and run the Script Editor. AppleScripting is considered to be only for the priesthood among the 50 or so members of the local MUG.
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