Call AppleScript from remote server. How?
Call AppleScript from remote server. How?
- Subject: Call AppleScript from remote server. How?
- From: Simon Forster <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:45:33 +0100
I'm looking at a project which will produce PDFs from InDesign
templates. The actual process is going to be relatively simple - at
least it should be once I've got my head around InDesign's object
model. However, the process will be kicked off by a remote application
on a PC somewhere requesting PDF 1234 for client XYZ. What methodology
would you suggest for this communication between machines?
Remote AppleEvents are out as the initiating box is a Wintel PC. For
me, the obvious answer is an AppleScript CGI - but there doesn't seem
to be an AppleScript module for Apache. After that we're looking at a
CGI written in another language, Python would be favourite, which'll
then initiate the AppleScript process. But that seems to be introducing
another point of failure which I'd prefer to avoid.
And while I'm rambling at you all, what about queuing requests? If the
AppleScript is busy processing a request what happens then?
How about CGI writes a simple text request to a folder; AppleScript
checks folder every minute and if there's something there, processes
the request? Does my queuing for me and breaks the process into a
couple of logical chunks. All fine. Can I reduce the potential one
minute lag by a process other than reducing the idle time in the
AppleScript? Initially this time lag is no problem but there may be a
desire to create the PDFs in real time.
I realize that I'm rambling at you a bit but I don't have anyone to
talk through these issues with so it's nice to get some other POV.
TIA
Simon Forster
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