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Page 4
Example 1-1 |
It should be noted that Example 1-1 works in MacOS classic only; it will
not complie or run uncer MacOS X.
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Anonymous |
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Page 25
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There's a small mistake on Page 25 in 'AppleScript in a nutshell' by Bruce Perry.
It says..
> A common error is to type something like set the Date to "12/5/200",
> which stores a string data type in theDate, not the date value that
> the scripter is aiming for.
This wouldn't set any value at all since the code has a space in the
middle of theDate variable. The correct version should read...
> A common error is to type something like set theDate to "12/5/200",
> which stores a string data type in theDate, not the date value that
> the scripter is aiming for.
That aside, it's an excellent book, very well written. I wish I'd
bought it a long time ago. The O'Reilly web site and participation in
Mac development is really an asset and much appreciated.
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Anonymous |
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Page 62
first example |
It is printed:
set fspec to (new file default name "urfile")
but this lead to a syntax error (both MacOSX and 9.1):
Expected ", " but found class name
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Anonymous |
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Page 87
Examples for the ^ operator |
Applescript in a Nutshell
Page 87
In the section describing the ^ operator; the first Example is incorrect;
set intNum to 10 ^ 2 - - intNum evaluates to 100, an integer
That is wrong . . . from the description for this operator:
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Anonymous |
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Page 89
The "Description" section of the "begin(s) with" operator |
The second sentence in the
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Anonymous |
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Page 93
No listing for 'div' Operator |
There is no listing for the 'div' operator. By functionality it should be grouped
with the 'mod' operator which is described on page 93.
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Anonymous |
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Page 96
1st line of Sample Code for Ivalue typen. |
I ran the following script in Script Editor v1.7 and the value of
the variable intNum si.
Set intNum to 10 ^ 2
Log class of intNum
iD section contains an error. It reads; splay dialog equal to 100.0 and
itdex reference form.;
Tell is mispelled as telll
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Anonymous |
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Page 136
7th line of Sample Code for if simple statement |
The Code reads:
if (current date) 3 date "Saturday, January 1, 2000 12:00:00 AM"
then --compound if statement
The '3' should be a greater than sign '>'
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Anonymous |
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Page 155
Bottom half of page |
Ioperand to the left contains the operand to the right, then the
expression returns true .
The sentence should read; cannot build a subroutine with a "do menu
menu item..." action. A Syntax Error "Expected end of line, etc., but
found identifier" alert is generated. Iright, then the expression
returns true .
The phrase am guessing that a "do menu menu item ..." action is some
sort of subroutine in itself. The only guidance I can find is on page 155,
where the reader is cautioned "However, you cannot define another subroutine
inside of a subroutine definition." I guess that is (mayb)e could be
replaced with what I am trying to do. The following script will produce
the alert. I have also included my workaround (learned from your
excellent book)"
Alert will be generated:
with timeout of 10000 seconds
tell application "FileMaker Pro"
changefont()
end tell
end timeout
on changefont()
do menu menu item "Helvetica" of ?
menu "Font" of menu "Format"
do menu menu item "12 PointintNum
" of ?
menu "Size" of menu "Format"
end changefont
The following script is my workaround:
with timeout of 10000 seconds
repeat 723 times
tell application "FileMaker Pro"
do menu menu item "FirstField" of ?
menu "Scripts"
repeat 59 times
do menu menu item "Helvetica" of ?
menu "Font" of menu "Format"
do menu menu item "12 Point" of ?
menu "Size" of menu "Format"
do menu menu item "NextField" of ?
menu "Scripts"
end repeat
do menu menu item "GoNextRecord" of ?
menu "Scripts"
end tell
end repeat
end timeout
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Anonymous |
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Page 165
Second paragraph |
The first parentheses in the second sentence of the paragraph is
misplaced; it should appear immediately before the word
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Anonymous |
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Page 415
bottom of the page |
Example 33-3 does not work in OS X 10.2
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Anonymous |
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Page 422
4th paragraph = second example |
The second example on p422 is of a script whic h, not before the
word purportedly displays a dialog box.
I cannot get osacs.
The sentence should read: ript to execute a script that creates a
dialog box in OS X 10.1. The group of methods defined together as
a library, (which is discussed in the sectionO), or a bunch of
properties, methods, and stta in the sentence, but ements that
cmo is incorrect.
prise a
single objectS.
reports:
execution error: Finder got an error: No user interaction allowed.
(-1713)
You *can* activate the Finder to bring it to the front (as in the
example on p422), but you still get this error. So, it looks as if
Apple has code blindly checking and blocking scripts issued by osa-
script which attempt to interact with the user. Elsewhere I got an
error "explaining" that this is due to osascript executing in the background.
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Anonymous |
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