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Re: Called script won't store property
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Re: Called script won't store property


  • Subject: Re: Called script won't store property
  • From: kai <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:47:26 +0000


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:03:40 -0700, Gnarlodious wrote:

set scriptFile to alias "path:to:required:script.app" -- modify as required
set s to (load script scriptFile)
set scriptResult to run s
store script s in scriptFile replacing yes
display dialog scriptResult
Thanks kai, "load script" is what I was looking for.
Added bonus; the script runs invisibly, that is, no app shows in the Dock
while running.

Glad to hear it did the trick, Gnarlie. :-)

Nevertheless, we can observe a difference when something like this is
included in the "calledApplet".
-------------------------
tell application "Finder" to set myName to name of (path to me)
display dialog "This script is being run by " & myName & "."
--> [on double-clicking the "calledApplet" file:] "This script is being
run by calledApplet."
--> [on running script from the "callingApplet":] "This script is being
run by callingApplet."
Thanks for pointing that out. Wonder if this is the result of a potential
bug?

Personally, I don't believe it is. My interpretation is that the dialogs merely confirm which application is running the script - not necessarily the source of it. In a similar way, 'path to me' returns Script Editor (when a script is run from there) and System Events (when a compiled script is run from the Scripts Menu).


(Oh yeah... one final caveat: I'm currently testing in 10.2.8 - so your experience may vary.)
Seems to work in 10.3.7

Thank goodness! Maybe it's time for me to move there... ;-)

---
kai

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