Re: Applescript 201 - speed
Re: Applescript 201 - speed
- Subject: Re: Applescript 201 - speed
- From: "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 11:58:23 -0500
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: Applescript 201 - speed
This list is a good place to start, but it's impossible to give you
specifics unless you give us specifics about what is slow and what needs to
speed up.
In general:
Using Script Objects can provide speed boosts for many kinds of operations,
so you may search for that.
Some applications have script menus which speed up scripts for those
applications.
One thing that slows down some scripts is the inefficient use of appleEvent
calls. There are cases where a single call can replace hundreds. You may
want to search for "who's clauses."
Some finder commands can be handled more efficiently with System Events, and
there are OSAX speed up many tasks.
Many scripts can also be enhanced by optimizing for speed. Someone
mentioned loops, that's probably the parts of scripts that have the most
inefficiency.
Here's a link for searching:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2010
Macscripter.net is also a good resource, but I find searching the site
pretty frustrating.
HTH,
ES
On 5/24/10 8:01 AM, "Robert Poland" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there are any guidelines for speeding up a script?
>
>
> Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO
>
>
>
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