Re: Setting active printer in MS Word 2004?
Re: Setting active printer in MS Word 2004?
- Subject: Re: Setting active printer in MS Word 2004?
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 02:40:19 -0600
On 11/28/2004 13:22, "Paul Berkowitz" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Very true. But since the Word VBA and AppleScript dictionary include the
> 'active printer' application property, the MS developers should either
> "connect it up" to the OS function or, at the least, the AS dictionary and
> Reference should also specify that it's an r/o property. I'll bug that.
>>
>> Setting up printers requires you to use shell, (an area where OS 9 is still
>> beating OS X), and if you want to set up network settings, I recommend
>> learning Cocoa, or just using ARD.
>
> What do you mean OS 9 beats OS X using 'shell', John. What sort of "shell"
> would that be? Obviously not a Unix system shell...
Try to set up printers programmatically in OS X with AppleScript without
using "do shell script" or any language other than AppleScript, only using
what you get in a stock system. Then do the same in OS 9.
Try to set up a network location in OS X only using stock AppleScript, no
"do shell script". Now, set up a network location in OS 9 using only stock
AppleScript.
john
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