Hi Folks, Its been a bit slow on this list for the last while so I thought I would let you all know what's happening. I'm working on JavaScript OSA 1.0b10...
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Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Jan 16, 2001 10:59 pm
... Would any (kind, polite) messages from developers to any Apple contacts help? Rgds Aldo...
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Steve Roy
sroy@...
Jan 17, 2001 1:34 pm
... I think it'd be fantastic if JSOSA was included with Mac OS X. Steve -- Steve Roy <sroy@...>...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jan 18, 2001 5:20 am
... I'm sure it couldn't hurt. From what I have been told, Apple considers OSX feature complete, and adding JSOSA presents a problem. Cheers -Mark ... Mark...
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Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Jan 26, 2001 4:44 pm
Documentation for the JavaScript 1.5's core language is now available: <http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/core/jsref15/contents.html> JavaScript...
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dshafer@...
Jan 28, 2001 1:19 am
I have, for reasons probably best left undiscussed in the plain view of people of sensitivity and intelligence, been trying to figure out how to get some JSOSA...
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dshafer@...
Jan 28, 2001 6:40 am
Turns out, as is often the case, that I was overcomplicating things. Although I'm sure there will turn out to be additional issues, all you have to do to run...
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Robert L Hicks
bobhicks@...
Jan 28, 2001 7:21 pm
I am getting double emails...
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Morgan Jones
morgan@...
Jan 29, 2001 7:28 pm
Hi all, Yet again, I'm translating from AppleScript to JavaScript and getting stuck. This time, with Toast: tell application "Adaptec Toast 4.1.1" activate ...
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Chris Heidecker
hechris@...
Jan 30, 2001 12:17 am
... Another thing you can do is: set the scriptingLanguage of the object to javascript. There's a popUp button/menu in HyperCards scriptEditor to set the...
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dshafer@...
Jan 30, 2001 12:41 am
... Thanks, Chris. I tried that first, but to no avail. There's no way to call the JavaScript from another HC object as far as I can tell. Thus my question...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jan 30, 2001 4:29 am
... I don't have toast here so I can't try it, but I think you need to rewrite your code as follows: var ref = make(toast._types.Mac_Volume_disc); Cheers -Mark...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jan 30, 2001 4:31 am
... JavaScript OSA does not support saving scripts as Ron-Only scripts. This is because JS osa stores scripts internally in source form and compiles they as ...
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Morgan Jones
morgan@...
Jan 30, 2001 4:12 pm
... That was it - it works great. Now that I see it, it makes lots of sense - I remember the _types slot from some of the finder examples for type checking of...
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Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Jan 30, 2001 6:59 pm
... Yeah, the very nature of JavaScript would make "run only" an impossible concept. In the newest versions of JavaScript, all objects have a "toSource"...
Is it possible for one javascript script to call a handler in another javascript script? I gave this a shot via something like: var aScript = new...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jan 31, 2001 1:23 am
... There's a limitation in the b9 build that requires you to use specific OSA components (AppleScript, JavaScript) to make this work. The upcoming b10 build...
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Morgan Jones
morgan@...
Jan 31, 2001 10:41 pm
Hi, I'm working with a few applications that need an alias as a parameter type - one in particular is toast with the following entry in its dictionary: add to:...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Feb 1, 2001 5:08 pm
... I think you've found a hole in the JavaScript OSA object model. Have you tried installing the Jon's Commands OSAX? It has coercion handlers for all the...
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Arthur J Knapp
arthur@...
Feb 1, 2001 5:52 pm
... I noticed that the dictionary specifically says "list of alias" Maybe if you tried this: toast.add_to( ref, [ new MacOS.FileSpec("folderName) ] ); -- { ...
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Morgan Jones
morgan@...
Feb 1, 2001 6:44 pm
... Hmm. Tried both of these, and I'm still getting the coersion problem. Interestingly enough, I get a different error message on: add_to( ref, [ new...
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dshafer@...
Feb 1, 2001 10:55 pm
Well, after spending better than 20 hours I finally got this all doped out. I'm going to post a new thread-starter on the subject which might help future...
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dshafer@...
Feb 1, 2001 11:25 pm
After spending a considerable number of hours rummaging about in the HyperCard attic, I finally figured out how to incorporate the JSOSA stuff into HyperCard....
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dshafer@...
Feb 1, 2001 11:26 pm
I just spent some time composing a long message about how to use JSOSA stuff from HyperCard. When I hit the "send" button, it seemed like everything went fine...
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Macros
macros@...
Feb 1, 2001 11:47 pm
Showed up here... ver interesting :) Cam ... From: <dshafer@...> To: <jsosa@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: [jsosa]...
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Morgan Jones
morgan@...
Feb 2, 2001 12:12 am
I suspect I may have found a bug rather than just asking questions. Here's the AppleScript to set the position and size of a window in the finder: tell...
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Macros
macros@...
Feb 2, 2001 12:21 am
I would say that it's probably a memory error. try increasing the memory allocated to your script editor. Cam ... to ... more...
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Morgan Jones
morgan@...
Feb 2, 2001 12:23 am
On the missing post issue: I did get a copy of my post that I just sent. Morgan...
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Morgan Jones
morgan@...
Feb 2, 2001 4:01 pm
Gave that a shot - I increased the memory size for ScriptDebugger to 12MB - didn't change anything, unfortunately. Morgan...
