Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-23 Thread Michael W. Wellman
Would the 1000 or so people reading this list like to contribute stories of the damage they have suffered at the hands of the incompetent scripters here? It might be very instructive. I, for one, have suffered greatly. From time to time, I've thought about posting a script in response to

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-23 Thread Christian M. M. Brady
On 1/23/01 8:17 AM, "Michael W. Wellman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would the 1000 or so people reading this list like to contribute stories of the damage they have suffered at the hands of the incompetent scripters here? It might be very instructive. I, for one, have suffered greatly.

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-22 Thread Paul Berkowitz
On 1/21/01 11:01 PM, "Jeff Porten" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying to be extra clear here. For Ruth and other folks who don't use AppleScript: Ruth's problem was that she didn't know where to FIND Script Editor on her computer. I don't see where you helped her at all, Jeff. Ruth, Jeff is

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-22 Thread Barry Wainwright
On 22/1/01 5:46 am, "Diane Ross" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/21/01 10:58 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is also a script, Compile, you can put in your Entourage scripts folder that will take the script (highlight script) from the message and open it automatically

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-22 Thread Jeff Porten
On 1/21/01 11:01 PM, "Jeff Porten" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are a newcomer to this list, Jeff? There's no need to be so alarmist. Paul -- You've seriously misinterpreted me. My point about the backup files was not to say that anyone on this list is incompetent or writes bad scripts.

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-22 Thread Barry Wainwright
On 22/1/01 8:19 am, "Paul Berkowitz" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, the script of Barry's that Diane sent in makes it very easy to convert text scripts that people send in here to compiled scripts in Smile, with one press of a button. Hey, you can trigger scripts with a button

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-21 Thread Diane Ross
Title: Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6 On 1/21/01 10:58 AM, Paul Berkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/21/01 9:33 AM, Ruth Ann McClain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today: I just looked and am running, still, OS 8.6, and don't have the Apple Script folder in the Applications folder, so if I find

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-21 Thread Paul Berkowitz
Title: Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6 On 1/21/01 9:46 PM, Diane Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is also a script, Compile, you can put in your Entourage scripts folder that will take the script (highlight script) from the message and open it automatically in the Smile. Cant remember if I

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-21 Thread Jeff Porten
Trying to be extra clear here. For Ruth and other folks who don't use AppleScript: The Script Editor is the basic application that programmers use to write AppleScripts for their Macs. It's extremely basic, so many of us use the more full-featured Smile. If you don't do programming, you have

Re: Scripts/Smile/OS 8.6

2001-01-21 Thread Paul Berkowitz
On 1/21/01 11:01 PM, "Jeff Porten" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One warning: AppleScripts can do a hell of a lot of damage. Dan Crevier posted a really small one 10 minutes ago that will wipe out your calendar. Others might MEAN to do well, but write a buggy script. Some of us can read through