Re: Applescript in the future
Re: Applescript in the future
- Subject: Re: Applescript in the future
- From: 2551phill <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 20:15:27 +0700
I think the confusion around sandboxing (or at least one of them) is that folks think either the editor or AppleScripts themselves are sandboxed. They're not. A script's permissions depend on those of the user invoking it, not the apps it invokes.
On 22 May 2013, at 20:10, Chris Swain <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Shane,
>
> I'm still not clear on this.
>
> To give a real example I have a FileMaker database containing chemical structures, I have FileMaker script that takes a text description of a molecule from a database field, then uses the run applescript function within FileMaker to pass the data to chemical computation application that calculates a number of properties. The script then calls a graphing application that creates a series of plots which are then imported into database fields.
>
> I have a series of scripts that I activate within one application that open a specific URLs with Safari.
>
> I have other scripts that invoke various applications as part of extended workflows.
>
> Will these work in the future?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 22 May 2013, at 13:06, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> So, that means that you can't tell an app anything because of Sandboxing, right?
>>
>> On May 22, 2013, at 3:10 AM, Chris Swain wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I know there has been some debate on this list but I just got this note from a software company in response to a support question.
>>>
>>> "PS. Please note that Apple is in essence deprecating Applescript since they are insisting in sand-boxing. It hence won't be supported beyond the current version. "
>>>
>>> If anyone is going to WWDC i'd certainly appreciate any feedback you might be able to get from Apple.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Chris
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Phil
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