On Nov 9, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Shane Stanley wrote:
> On 10/11/2012, at 8:50 AM, Paul Abney <
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>
>> Yes, I mean as a script application. On my small test file, SD5 finishes in 5 seconds, even with debugging on. Saving as an application, then running that application on the same file takes 47 seconds.
>
> That's normal behavior -- the basic AppleScript applet shell isn't particularly efficient.
>
> You can usually get more speed using a script object. So your script becomes like this:
>
> script whatever
> -- your existing code goes in her
> end script
>
> run script whatever
>
> You may need to keep any properties before the script object -- I can't remember off-hand.
>
> --
> Shane Stanley <
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Thanks everyone for the help. Creating a script object worked wonderful, runs faster than ever.
Paul