Hi folks, > As an aside, at least one user that I know of has purchased > REALbasic, and is using it. So RBScript might even help RS indirectly. That was probably me :) Initially the reasoning was to get more information on RBScript. Since then I have decided to attempt my own software projects. So I can definitely say that RBScript has gained RS at least one sale. Some thoughts on including RBScript in a product: Paul's inclusion of RBScript in AstroPlanner has transformed what was a run-of-the-mill (whack <- sound of Paul throwing brick at me) astronomical observation planning program into something quite astounding. Two examples: 1: Simple There was a menu item I would have liked to see included in the program. Paul didn't want to do it for various reasons. I scripted a solution in less than 10 minutes. In less than 30 minutes (20 probably) I was able to share the script with the rest of the AstroPlanner community via the built-in script upload/download facility. The point I'm making here is that it's now possible for the end-users to 'fix' the host product themselves, at least temporarily, until the developer can do so. It is also possible for end-users (or the developer for that matter) to provide features that are way down the normal ToDo or Wish lists (Paul: ignore that last sentence! :-D) 2: Complex Currently developing an AstroPlanner RBScript to generate scripts that can be used to control Internet based remote telescopes. It is just possible (i.e. don't get excited Paul!) that this script could make AstroPlanner the recommended product for a couple of hundred Internet based telescope users. The point I'm making here is that it is possible for end-users to generate additional host product sales by creating useful scripts themselves. RBScript can turn end-users into product developers and sales people - arghhh!!!! (<- sound of me throwing brick at me :-D) Put simply, by including RBScript and with a little bit of end-user effort, applications can do things the original authors probably never imagined. IMHO that can only be good news for developers and for RS. Hope this helps get some of those RBScript bugs fixed! Regards Robin P.S. The only connection I have with AstroPlanner and Paul is being one VERY HAPPY customer (except when I hit an RBScript bug of course :-D) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:realbasic-nug- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Rodman > Sent: 28 July 2006 21:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RBScript and web services > > Brian Gaines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Joe made a point in some other mail that REAL might support RBScript > >better if it had more users, and that some RBScript evangelism with > >examples of use might promote it more. Certainly anyone who reads the > >REAL email lists and the frequent complaints about the state of > >RBScript would be more likely to avoid it than to embrace it! > > > >RBScript is an incredibly powerful feature of REALbasic. One can make > >one's applications as open-architecture as one wishes and allow one's > >users to extend applications to address their needs. > > Absolutely. Our application, AstroPlanner > > <http://www.ilangainc.com/astroplanner/> > > uses RBScripting extensively to extend the application. The scripting > manual alone runs to 120 pages, most of it reference. A number of > users are discovering that they can make the app do what they want > without demanding new features, etc. I can whip up a script in a few > minutes to satisfy a user. > > Bottom line: it's an application used by several thousand users, and > which uses RBScript extensively. > > However, a number of users have complained that debugging is tricky > (for example, an unhandled exception crashes the entire app without > explanation). I'm also forced to stick with RB5.5.5, since new > RBScripting bugs have been introduced since then. > > As an aside, at least one user that I know of has purchased > REALbasic, and is using it. So RBScript might even help RS indirectly. > > Anyway, my bleating from a few days ago has obviously struck several > nerves, and the number of watchers of several RBScript-related bug > reports has climbed to the point where RS might take notice. > > Paul Rodman > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
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