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Re: better alternative to [NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] for executing scripts in scripts menu
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Re: better alternative to [NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] for executing scripts in scripts menu


  • Subject: Re: better alternative to [NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] for executing scripts in scripts menu
  • From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:50:22 -0400
  • Thread-topic: better alternative to [NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] for executing scripts in scripts menu

on 2006-08-01 2:19 PM, Jesse Grosjean at email@hidden wrote:

> My application implements its own script menu and it uses
> [NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError:] to run scripts when someone
> chooses a script from the scripts menu. This works fairly well, but
> recently I remember seeing a discussion that I think said this wasn't
> the best way to execute scripts in this case. I don't remember, but
> maybe it was saying that it was better to use osascript from the
> command line to execute them. Problem is I can't seem to relocate
> that discussion, does anyone here know where I might have read that,
> or have suggestions on if it's good to use [NSAppleScript
> executeAndReturnError:] from within a cocoa application.

One problem with -executeAndReturnError: is that it still doesn't save
persistent properties in the script. That's a bug.

--

Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
http://www.quecheesoftware.com

PreFab Software - http://www.prefab.com/scripting.html
The AppleScript Sourcebook - http://www.AppleScriptSourcebook.com
Vermont Recipes - http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/VermontRecipes


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