First off, is this thing still on? I haven't gotten any list mail for a few weeks... ... I downloaded the MacOS 9.0.4 update a few days ago, and since then, ...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Apr 12, 2000 4:42 pm
... This is interesting indeed. With this extra clue, I'll look some more into what might be causing the problem. This issue has pretty much stalled my ...
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arthur j knapp
arthur@...
Apr 12, 2000 5:43 pm
... It does, the STRING.split() and ARRAY.join() methods. ... It is fast, relative to other ways of manipulating text and lists in vanilla AppleScript,...
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Jacob
jacobkm@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:51 pm
... Thank you Mark and Arthur -- I was caught up on trying to access the "text item delimiters" property from JSOSA, and handn't thought to whip out my...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Apr 12, 2000 7:36 pm
... The simplest way is to create some AppleScript handlers to do this for you: var as = new MacOS.OSA(MacOS.OSA.AppleScript); as.compile(" on setTID(newVal) ...
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Emmanuel. M. Decarie
emm@...
Apr 13, 2000 1:56 am
Mark, Just want to thank you for the incredible work you are doing with the JavaScript for OSA. Its helping me a lot to debug functions or syntax gotchas that...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Apr 13, 2000 5:47 pm
Hi Folks, I've put JavaScript OSA 1.0d7 up on our server for you all to download. This build addresses some serious problems with the d6 build that should ...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Apr 17, 2000 5:03 pm
Hi Folks, Wow, this mailing list has a huge reach! There are 17 people registered at OneList/eGroups, and by Sunday evening there have been 540 downloads of ...
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Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Apr 18, 2000 9:24 am
... Mark, it's that the possibilities are really huge. I plan to use it to test a system I am writing in JavaScript, piece by piece, _outside_ the Netscape...
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Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Apr 18, 2000 9:24 am
Mark, I list a few problems that I get with the sample scripts. There must be a lot of problems integrating JavaScript to the MacOS system. Actually pure ...
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Jacob
jacobkm@...
Apr 19, 2000 3:27 am
... Error # -108 is a memory full error; I get this all the time (G3, OS9, JSOSA 1.0d7) in a number of cases. I wonder if increasing memory to the script...
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Jacob
jacobkm@...
Apr 19, 2000 3:33 am
Does JSOSA support the try/catch/throw features of JavaScript? If so, can these be made to work with errors in the same manner as the try...on error handlers...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Apr 19, 2000 3:48 am
... Thats right, its an out of memory error. The solution comes in two forms: 1 you need to increase the memory partition of whatever script editing tool you...
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Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Apr 19, 2000 12:25 pm
... Mark, thanks for pointing to the amount of memory that the JS system needs. I brought the Script Editor of System 8.6 to a hefty 6000K of used memory and...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Apr 19, 2000 3:36 pm
... This is indeed odd. I tried the following on both MacOS 8.6 and 9.0.4 running under the Script Editor and Script Debugger 2.0b4 and it worked as it should...
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Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Apr 20, 2000 9:27 am
... Mark, well, I have no clue either. You have nothing that depends on the CarbonLib? ... BBEdit is my favorite application to write code. So I have it right...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
May 15, 2000 8:58 pm
Hello Folks, We seem to have found a possible cause for the component loading problem that some of you have been experiencing. The Idle Time extension...
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John Delacour
JD@...
May 15, 2000 10:43 pm
... This is not the cause here. I'd be prepared to believe that virtually anything Netscape or AOL installed would cause trouble but I don't have Idle Time on...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
May 15, 2000 11:13 pm
... S***! Oh well. Thanks for the quick feedback. I'll keep looking. Cheers -Mark ... Mark Alldritt Late Night Software Ltd. Phone:...
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Chris Heidecker
hechris@...
May 17, 2000 12:14 am
what about the 'iDo' extension and control panel? It uses applescript and some kind of time function as well. It caused me a lot of trouble for a day. I...
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David A. Bayly
dbayly@...
May 17, 2000 11:09 am
Mark, You may not know that there are a number of versions of idletime floating around. It was written by Userland Software for use with Frontier, then...
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John Delacour
JD@...
May 20, 2000 1:40 pm
Javascript is not on my immediate agenda, so I've been taking things very slowly. Here is my experience in the past week. Since I had other work to do, I...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jun 6, 2000 7:29 pm
Hi folks, I'm sorry about my lack of progress over the last while. However, Script Debugger 2.0 is now shipping and our upcoming SD 2.0.1 update all but done ...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jun 14, 2000 10:18 pm
Hi Folks, I've just uploaded a new build of JavaScript OSA: http://www.latenightsw.com/archives/jsosa1.0d8.sit.hqx This version contains some functional...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jun 19, 2000 6:34 pm
Hi Folks, I'm, happy to announce that I'm finally making progress on JavaScript OSA again. The component loading problem that held me up for so long appears...
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John Delacour
JD@...
Jun 19, 2000 10:19 pm
... Certainly seems to be solved here. Great work! ... Because of the problems with earlier versions on my system, I stopped bothering with Javascript until...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jun 20, 2000 1:50 am
... I'm so glad to hear that this issue has finally been resolved. It was one of the more frustrating bugs I've had to track in the last few years. ... I'll...
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Mark Alldritt
alldritt@...
Jun 20, 2000 4:25 pm
... I've had an idea about this problem. Try increasing the memory partition of your script editor. If you have a lot of extra scripting additions installed,...
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David A. Bayly
dbayly@...
Jun 21, 2000 12:22 pm
Yes, finally a trouble free load and I can run the sample scripts. Congratulations on a fine job .Now I can start playing. The object model samples that I...
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Aldo Bergamini
aaberga@...
Jun 21, 2000 1:02 pm
... Well you started this... Mark I will 'throw' a very heavy request. Although I realize it's something so high up into the sky to qualify as "dreamware", ie...
