Re: Where should AppleScripts reside?
Re: Where should AppleScripts reside?
- Subject: Re: Where should AppleScripts reside?
- From: Michael Watson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:40:56 -0500
1. Remember to send replies to the list, otherwise you're only talking
to me. :-)
2. Allowing the user the ability to add additional scripts is mutually
exclusive from storing your standard resources inside the application
bundle. Either provide them a folder to drop their own things into, or
allow them to point to a script in an arbitrary location, a la iChat
alerts. (Or point to a folder, etc. There are several ways to do this.)
3. If you insist on installing the scripts into someone's user folder,
you have to do it for all users, even ones that exist after the
installation of your application, otherwise your application has no
scripts for other users. You'll end up having an at-launch setup-and-
install-resources check or sticking stuff in the /Library folder
somewhere . . . both of which add to the complexity of removing your
application at a later date as well as adding complexity to the
development, testing, and support of your application.
4. If you want users to be able to modify the standard scripts you
ship with, just distribute with your application copies of the
standard scripts in a folder of example scripts. The power users that
choose to modify the scripts you ship with will be able to do whatever
they please, and your application's base configuration will be
identical on every user's machine. (Your support person will be very
happy and may buy you cookies for this.)
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m-s
On 20 Jan, 2008, at 00:11, Devraj Mukherjee wrote:
Oh because I was hoping to allow the user to be able to modify/add
AppleScripts that runs on the nominated events.
Is the Bundle a good idea for that?
On Jan 20, 2008 2:35 PM, Michael Watson <email@hidden> wrote:
If they're standard resources of your application, why not store them
inside the application bundle instead of crapping them all over the
user's drive?
--
m-s
On 19 Jan, 2008, at 22:15, Devraj Mukherjee wrote:
Hi everyone,
My Cocoa app has a bunch of standard AppleScripts that are
executed on
various events. I intend to write an installer for the application
which will also place the standard Applescript in a desired
location.
What is the recommended path for putting such AppleScript files?
~/Library/Application Support/AppName?
Thanks a lot.
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(The
Incredibles)
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