> >I've tried writing an AppleScript, and I can launch MacPerl and
>>MHonArc from AppleScript just fine, but I can't figure out how to
> >simulate typing in the command line.
>
> tell app "MacPerl"
> do script ["mhonarc", "mailboxname", "-outdir", ¬
> ":outputpath", "-rcfile", "resourcefile.rsc", "-add"]
> end
>
>
>As to starting existing scripts ... you could possibly do:
>
> #!perl
> @ARGV = ("mailboxname", "-outdir", ":outputpath",
> "-rcfile", "resourcefile.rsc", "-add");
> do 'mhonarc';
I tried both methods and they both work. THANKS!
But... there's still a problem.
Either script is launching MacPerl and MHonArc, but MHonArc still
displays the "command line" dialog (the arguments that the scripts
send are not listed).
If I simply click ok on the command line window, then MHonArc runs
using all the correct options.
So MHonArch received all the right options, but it still puts up the
command line dialog which I have to click "OK" on. Is there any way
to suppress the command line dialog when it's not needed? It kind of
kills the automation aspect of all this. (although it's a great
improvement to actually typing in the commands, of course)
>Or you could, if you have MPW perl set up, do:
I don't have MPW now, and I think installing MPW is too much for just
this one application, unless it's fairly easy to do?
-Steve
