Hi Folks, There have been just over 5000 downloads of various beta builds of JavaScript OSA. To be sure, there are many repeat downloads, but its also clear...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Aug 3, 2000 3:41 pm
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... I love it. Thank you. I'm planning to buy your script editor because you've developed this plug in. I'm using the plug-in to work on javascript for a class...
guy hail
listguy@...
Aug 5, 2000 1:45 am
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Hi all, I the Javascript 1.0b6 distribution there is a folder called "For Thrill Seekers", which contains a version of the component called "JavaScript.qtx". ...
Sandro Bilbeisi
sandrino68@...
Aug 8, 2000 11:33 pm
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... This is a developmental MacOS X native build of JavaScript OSA. If you have access to MacOS X DP4, you can follow the instructions on ...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Aug 9, 2000 4:13 am
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Hi Folks, Well its been several weeks since the release of JavaScript OSA 1.0b6 and I've not received any bug reports. I'm planning on turning the current ...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Aug 16, 2000 4:51 pm
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... What will this mean for the 'end developer/scripter'? The possibility to write extensions -cool- or the possibility to script at least some Mozilla...
Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Aug 16, 2000 7:32 pm
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... I anticipate that any Mozilla XPCOM plugin that does not require other Mozilla services would work from JavaScript OSA. The possibilities are, well,...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Aug 17, 2000 3:33 pm
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... Mark, this is the point I was zeroing to ... It's better than dreamed about. I hope you will succeed with not too great efforts. Please keep the community...
Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Aug 17, 2000 5:19 pm
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Hi Folks, For those of you who are Script Debugger users, we have just release Script Debugger 2.0.2. Among other things, this update introduces new support...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Aug 17, 2000 6:31 pm
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Hi Folks, One of the final items I'm adding to JavaScript OSA for the 1.0 release is a series of preferences settings. Currently, I only have two: font and...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Sep 8, 2000 12:51 am
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This list doesn't seem to get much traffic, so I thought I would waste everyone's time by posting this rambling commentary on the state of my JSOSA activities....
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Sep 13, 2000 9:49 pm
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I can't seem to help myself. In just about any language written in the last 20 years, it is possible to write clear, well-commented code, and yet I keep...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Sep 15, 2000 8:05 pm
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... This is so cool. I had been working on a tool that generated HTML pages detailing the JavaScript OSA version of an application's dictionary. I've also...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Sep 15, 2000 8:35 pm
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... Mmmm, now that has given me some ideas. Mark, is there some way to have SD2 extract textual information from an open dictionary window? I tried a few...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Sep 15, 2000 10:22 pm
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This OSAInit will set a global MyPath to a FileSpec for your document file. OSAInit() is a special built-in function that runs before any received AppleEvents...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Sep 18, 2000 1:43 pm
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... Thanks for reminding me. I was in contact with them a while ago, but the component loading problem distracted me for quite a while and I forget to follow...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Sep 20, 2000 5:56 pm
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So I have been trying to find effiecent ways to coerce file and folder references back and forth between path-string, MacOS.FileSpecs, and Finder AEDescs. If...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Sep 29, 2000 1:00 pm
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... Its actually much simpler: with (MacOS.finder()) { a_file = files["Mac HD:MyFolder:MyFile"]; } However, for the next build, I'm making it possible to...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Sep 29, 2000 4:40 pm
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... I *knew* I was missing something, thank you :-) I had actually tried something similar to this before, but I must have misinterpreted the result. ... If...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Sep 29, 2000 6:26 pm
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Hi Folks, I received a query about how to write CGI scripts in JavaScript OSA. Here's a sample CGI server script (note this requires MacOS 8.6 orlater to...
alldritt@...
Sep 29, 2000 9:35 pm
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Hi Folks, I've just posted a new build of JavaScript OSA. The big news for this build is that JavaScript OSA is now available as a native OSA component for...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Oct 11, 2000 7:27 pm
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Hi all, Just curious, is there a way to work with unit types in JSOSA? I have been playing around with the AEDesc object, creating values like these: ...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Oct 12, 2000 11:52 pm
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... In working out how to do this, I found that there's a feature of MacOS.AEDesc that's missing from the documentation: the as(desiredType) function. So, for...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Oct 13, 2000 1:11 am
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... That's Fantastic !!! (Fantastic that it exists, not fantastic that it isn't documented ;-) ... This is great, Mark. It's also the kind of thing that I...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Oct 13, 2000 3:02 pm
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... The problem there is that MacOS.appSelf() or MacOS.appBySignature() read all the data types from the target's aete. I also hard coded the addition some ...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Oct 13, 2000 5:24 pm
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... This brings me back to an issue we were discussing a while ago: how to load supporting code. With this in place, I can begin shipping libraries of ...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Oct 13, 2000 5:34 pm
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... Perhaps it is the fact that this would create a new namespace object, rather than bringing the code into the "top" level, ie: like what Script Debugger...
Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Oct 13, 2000 7:17 pm
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Hi Folks, There is a problem with the Declare & Use AS Handlers sample script included with the 1.0b7 release of JavaScript OSA. The text of the script should...
Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Oct 15, 2000 5:46 pm
145
I want to use JS as a database. The user may enter the following example after line 9 of the script below: *#frank| fmeas=4.50 finser=4.00 poly=10.0...
MMessieh@...
Oct 17, 2000 1:31 am
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... I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I understand how this relates to JavaScript OSA. Are you simply looking for comments on your JavaScript code, or are you ...
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