Re: Inside Packages
Re: Inside Packages
- Subject: Re: Inside Packages
- From: Mark Thomas <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 11:06:54 +0100
- Organization: Coderus Ltd
Like it :-)
Does anyone know how I can copy out a file from within a package to the
extensions folder, as I have code which is copying it from non packages, but
that method doesn't work :-(.
Any body have some idea/pointers
Thanks
Mark.
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Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 16:18:43 -0700
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To: email@hidden
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From: Walter Ian Kaye <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Inside Packages
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At 11:01p +0100 06/05/2004, Mark Thomas didst inscribe upon an
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electronic papyrus:
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> Hi,
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> Does anyone know if there a way to get Applescript to work and execute
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> within a package, within MacOS 9.x, as I'm trying to copy some driver files
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> from within my installer/tutorial application package. I've tried using the
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> AppleScript editor but keeps on barking on not working within packages,
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> although there does seem to been this key package word. (On MacOS-X I'm
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> using a bsd script)
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> Also is there a way to get the path of where the script is running ???, as
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> the files I want to install reside in the same directory as the AppleScript,
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> and would like to use a relative path if possible.
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You can get the path to your application itself (assuming it has a
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unique creator code), and then use a relative path from its location.
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Since it's your own package, you know you can depend on the relative
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paths within it.
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tell application "Finder"
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set p to application file id "myAp" as alias as string
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end tell
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set r to p & "Contents:Resources:myDriver"
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Something along those lines. Season to taste.
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-boo
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