Re: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem
Re: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem
- Subject: Re: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 10:02:20 +1000
- Thread-topic: Filemaker 8.5 stored applescript problem
On 18/5/07 9:53 AM, "David Simerly" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I mean, by its very definition, the ³containment hierarchy² should prevent
> this type of thing.
>
If it did, you couldn't call scripting additions from within apps at all.
> Have you ever seen this happen in any other app, or is it possible that FMI
> just screwed up their AS implementation?
>
It's not uncommon. And of course it can easily happen when third-party
scripting additions are involved.
> That¹s a scary problem.
>
I would have called it annoying more than scary.
> If this can happen in any application, then that blows a hole right through
> object encapsulation and the containment hierarchy!
>
Hardly.
> Adds a whole new level to what a developer has to do to ensure they¹re calling
> the right object.
>
Not really. They just have to make sure they use unique terminology, or
match codes. It's not rocket science, and something FileMaker could have
fixed in minutes many releases ago.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
AppleScript Pro Denver, June 2007 <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>
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