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Re: How to do a goto with Applescript?
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Re: How to do a goto with Applescript?


  • Subject: Re: How to do a goto with Applescript?
  • From: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:21:32 -0800

> Yes.  There's nothing wrong with "if" or "else if".  The problem is
> with giant hunks of inline code:

Or if each condition issues basically the same commands with different values.

Even then it's not that major a problem, especially if the script works!  However, it is much easier to maintain and trouble shoot your script if you break the parts that are receptive and/or do the heavy lifting into handlers.

> Ideally, what you want is for each clause of the if/else to be only a
> few lines.  One way to do that is to move the logic into handlers:
>
> if condition then
>  handleCondition()
> else if other_condition then
>  handleOtherCondition()
> ...
> end

In the case of your script it could look like this:


if condition then
 handleCondition(currentFrontApp, montitorSize, macType)
else if other_condition then
 handleCondition(currentFrontApp, montitorSize, macType)
end

on handleOtherCondition(frontApp, sizeOfMonitor, typeOfMac)
--You could use the same variable names inside the handler too, but I prefer changing them
end

> 2. Would the creation of multiple data files (one for each monitor) and a handler for each application window instead of using the "else if" statement be as fast or faster to run? I would assume that a data file would have to be read every time the script is run.


I would suggest creating a single data file and reading that first thing in your script.

Or, as Mark suggested, you could also create a single script, or one for each case, that your script would load and execute as a script object. (easier than it sounds)


ES


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 >How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: AndrĂ© Renault <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: Skeeve <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to do a goto with Applescript? (From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>)

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