NPfield at aol.com wrote: > My two cents worth (maybe only half a cent) on Applescript: I was > gratified to see heavyweights on this list offering negative > comments. When I got AW 6.27 and found there were no longer macros, I > was both panicked and miffed. I appealed to the Appleworks Users > Group and got all this stuff about how I should learn Applescript and > forget macros, which are for children, anyway. One guy even showed me > a sample "script" -- about a page of gobblydegook, which he > represented as "easier than recording a macro." My solution was to > trash AW 6.27 and reinstall my old 6.04. (Then, of course, the AWUG > people told me it was "unstable" and I should upgrade to 6.24. Maybe > 6.04 is unstable, but I've been using it for four years without a > hitch. I believe in dancing with them that brung me.) Besides, I use > my computer for a limited range of tasks, and I want to spend my time > *using* it, not programming, downloading, uploading, sideloading, > crossloading, and fixing stuff that ain't broke. Sorry; despite > appearances, this is not really a rant. I think a presentation on > Applescript would be valuable to members of LCS, and I'm sorry I'm too > far away to attend. > > Nolan
Smart move Nolan! The OS X version of AppleWorks was a downgrade if you ask me. And if macros are for children, maybe it will help make me feel younger. I'm using AppleWorks 5 and there's no way I can get AppleScript to do what I do with macros. I don't know what you do with AppleWorks and macros, but if you have some time, stop by my web site. I have a bunch of macro-controlled documents there that might interest you. Drop me a line if you do anything similar. -- Tony LaFemina When you want to do more than just buy software http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
