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Re: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem
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Re: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem


  • Subject: Re: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem
  • From: "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:56:52 -0700
  • Thread-topic: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem

>M> It can be a nuisance, but comments don't get compiled, so you have them
there for re-use if/when you can't get them out of the way.

I'm a little lost here, are you saying copy and paste your comment into your
script every time you save?


 >>>>By  "getting them out of the way" I mean having the read or write
functionality stored in a handler or script library.

If you're saying putting the read write command in a handler to avoid the
terminology conflict, that would not work in this case, because handlers in
scripts launched from within filemaker are also executed as commands to
filemaker, and I believe the same is true for libraries used from those
scripts (but I'm not sure about that part).

Clearly the simplest, easiest, appleScriptiest solution is to enclose the
commands in a Finder or System Events tell. In this case I would argue that
it's not noticeably less "efficient" or slower than the alternatives, unless
you're executing hundreds or thousands of OSAX calls.


>>>If you're doing  more than one liners or testing, having a general purpose
write function is probably a handy thing.

That's definitely a good idea, even if you're not trying to avoid
terminology conflicts.

Handlers are our friends.

ES
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