Paul, that is indeed good news. How did Eric do that? (That's a rhetorical question, asked more in amazement than real curiousity.)
Let me chime in to say that I have rewritten several of my scripts that used scripting additions to work without them. It was relatively easy, for instance, to replace any "sort" or "replace" commands with native code, where before I (or the original authors) had used scripting additions for simplicity. However, I have not yet <posted> most of those altered scripts anywhere (one or two exceptions have been sent to AppleScript Central), and probably will not until about the time Entourage for X becomes available. If anyone using OS 10.1 is particularly missing some script of mine that worked under 9.x but is now broken under Classic, let me know. A related subject: I made the mistake, when first setting up X with Classic, of trying to install many of my scripting additions for the 9.2 Classic system. I found that some of them (not sure which) were causing the 9.2 Classic system to hang on startup. I ended up removing all but the Apple-supplied additions. Did you ever discover any additions that <would> work in a Classic environment? On or near 9/30/01 1:39 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > On 9/30/01 1:26 PM, "Roger Turpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Received OS 10.1 yesterday AM and the changes are great! >> I�ve been trying out the Word X Test Drive, If Entourage X is anything like >> this it�s going to be >> Great! I can�t wait. >> My biggest gripe right now is not being able to run my Apple Scripts while >> using Entourage 2001 in Classic. >> > > Unless you are using Entourage SE (which has no applescript), you should be > able to run most of your scripts, even the ones that use scripting > additions, as long as the scripting addition is used within a classic tell > block, such as 'tell application "Microsoft Entourage"'. Unfortunately I am > fairly meticulous about calling them outside tell blocks where possible to > avoid possible conflicts. That may be your problem. > > There were a number of things which didn't work in OS 10.0.x, especially any > scripts calling the Finder. Most of Finder scripting, including 'process > (for running applications) has been fixed in OS 10.1, so it would be worth > trying again now. > > Here's the story with scripting additions (about 75% of my scripts use Akua > Sweets or Jon's Commands): they have not yet been carbonized for OS X. So > even when Entourage X exists, those scripts won't work. In fact, many of the > script that work with Entourage 2001 in Classic (the ones that call > scripting additions within the Entourage tell block) now won't work in > Entourage X. Some of them can be re-written more arduously without the > additions, and I will do so where possible. Some absolutely depend on the > additions and can't be made to work otherwise. > > Now for the very good news: Eric Grant has just announced yesterday that he > has released an addition for scripting addition developers that will allow > them to release versions which will work in all OS's: pre-PPC, regular PPC, > and OS X. (i.e. OS 7,8,9,10). So it won't be too long, I hope, before all > the scripting additions we've been depending on will work in OS 10.1 as > well. I may hold up on any particularly arduous re-writes until this > happens. > > Then all the scripts will work again. -- Add me to Palm/Visor: http://signature.coola.com/?[EMAIL PROTECTED] Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> XNS name: =Allen Watson A Mac family since 1984 <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> Applescripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
