Re: OSX Applescripts -- Anyone? please?
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texte = We are successfully using applescript via shell/osascript as in: [TEXT]vShell=3D-e 'tell application "FileMaker Pro"' [/TEXT] [TEXT]vShell=3D[vShell]-e 'activate' [/TEXT] [TEXT]vShell=3D[vShell]-e 'quit' [/TEXT] [TEXT]vShell=3D[vShell]-e 'end tell'[/TEXT] [SHELL]/usr/bin/osascript [vShell][/SHELL] (Of course this is a meaningless script, just for showing the idea) >If anyone is following this thread, Ron and I discussed this >yesterday offline and the upshot is that OSX handles Applescript in a >way that WebDNA can't manage. I've decided to use [shell] with >Imagemagick instead, and save the [applescript] for OS9 servers. > >Terry > >>Hi Terry, >> >>We use AppleScript to add/remove users to the Rumpus FTP server database. = On >>OS X you have have to use "osascript" to call the applescript. >> >>We built a shell script like this: >> >>#!/bin/sh >>/usr/bin/osascript /Library/WebServer/Documents/website/applescript_kick >> >>"/usr/bin/osascript" is the full path to your osascript. >>"/Library/WebServer/Documents/planet/applescript_kick" is the path to the >>apple script. >> >>The applescript for this step is quite simple: >> >>-- Start applescript -- >> >>tell application "Rumpus 3.0.1 (OS X)" >> >> reload user database >> >>end tell >>-- End AppleScript -- >> >>Then when we need this we called it with the [shell] context. >> >>Hope that helps. >> >>RonnyMc >> >>ps: Mac Certain that all files have UNIX style carriage returns or it does >>not work. This cost me several hours when I made the shell script on my PC >>and uploaded to the OS X server. >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Terry Wilson"
>>To: "WebDNA Talk" >>Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:06 AM >>Subject: OSX Applescripts -- Anyone? please? >> >> >>> Okay, I'm asking this a third time in the hopes that someone out >>> there can help me. Surely I'm not the only one trying to run >>> Applescripts on OSX/Apache. >>> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 Ljusa Id=E9er AB SE-200 39 Malmoe Fax +46 40 25 85 89 Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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We are successfully using applescript via shell/osascript as in: [text]vShell=3D-e 'tell application "FileMaker Pro"' [/TEXT] [text]vShell=3D[vShell]-e 'activate' [/TEXT] [text]vShell=3D[vShell]-e 'quit' [/TEXT] [text]vShell=3D[vShell]-e 'end tell'[/TEXT] [shell]/usr/bin/osascript [vShell][/SHELL] (Of course this is a meaningless script, just for showing the idea) >If anyone is following this thread, Ron and I discussed this >yesterday offline and the upshot is that OSX handles Applescript in a >way that WebDNA can't manage. I've decided to use [shell] with >Imagemagick instead, and save the [applescript] for OS9 servers. > >Terry > >>Hi Terry, >> >>We use AppleScript to add/remove users to the Rumpus FTP server database. = On >>OS X you have have to use "osascript" to call the applescript. >> >>We built a shell script like this: >> >>#!/bin/sh >>/usr/bin/osascript /Library/WebServer/Documents/website/applescript_kick >> >>"/usr/bin/osascript" is the full path to your osascript. >>"/Library/WebServer/Documents/planet/applescript_kick" is the path to the >>apple script. >> >>The applescript for this step is quite simple: >> >>-- Start applescript -- >> >>tell application "Rumpus 3.0.1 (OS X)" >> >> reload user database >> >>end tell >>-- End AppleScript -- >> >>Then when we need this we called it with the [shell] context. >> >>Hope that helps. >> >>RonnyMc >> >>ps: Mac Certain that all files have UNIX style carriage returns or it does >>not work. This cost me several hours when I made the shell script on my PC >>and uploaded to the OS X server. >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Terry Wilson" >>To: "WebDNA Talk" >>Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:06 AM >>Subject: OSX Applescripts -- Anyone? please? >> >> >>> Okay, I'm asking this a third time in the hopes that someone out >>> there can help me. Surely I'm not the only one trying to run >>> Applescripts on OSX/Apache. >>> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 Ljusa Id=E9er AB SE-200 39 Malmoe Fax +46 40 25 85 89 Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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