As seen here: http://use.perl.org/~pudge/journal/15507
I never got around to figuring out how to do remote Apple events with Mac
OS X. All I knew is that the old method from Mac OS of filling in a
complex data structure didn't work.
It worked great on Mac OS, but wouldn't work on Mac OS X. So tonight I
decided to figure it out, and I did. Instead of packing the data
structure, I just construct a URL. That's all. Something like
<TT>eppc://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Finder</TT>. And Mac::Glue makes it even
simpler:
# normal way, for local Finder
$finder = new Mac::Glue 'Finder';
# method for remote Finder
$finder = new Mac::Glue 'Finder', eppc => Finder => 'mac.example.com';
That's it. Then use $finder as though it were local. Of course, there is
the issue of security. You can pass the username and password to the
constructor, or just pass the username and get a dialog box asking for the
password. If neither is included, you'll get a dialog box, too. Either
way, click "Add to Keychain?" and you never have to see the dialog box
again, for that username/hostname combination.
There's also a place in the URL for specifying UID or PID, in those cases
where more than one app of that name is running. I tested this and it
didn't work, it just chose one and sent the event to that app every time,
no matter what. Hm.
Regardless, it's working. Send events to your other Macs. Astound your
friends. Requires today's newly updated Mac::Carbon,
Mac::AppleEvents::Simple, and Mac::Glue.
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Chris Nandor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pudge.net/
Open Source Development Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://osdn.com/
