Bug: Launch Not work on OSX/OSX Rotate image trick

[Sannyasin Sivakatirswami]

Though my license does not expire until January 18, 2003 I was unsubscribed from the Improve list, so will send bug reports here in the hope they are not bugs but only what I don't know.

OSX 10.2.2 Rev 1.5


Problems with Launch command:
Bug:
1) Rev will not "forget' that the application is no longer running.

a) set an application path to BBEdit in a preference field.
b) Launch a file using

launch "some/File/path" with "/Applications/BBedit 6.5/BBEdit 6.5

First time (BBedit is not open) the file is opened... as expected.

Quit BBEdit...

use the launch button again.. .this time the file is not launched...
if I quit Rev and re-boot, it is launched.

Not a bug, but a "how to?"
2) The documentation clearly states that if the application is already open then "launch" will do nothing... OK, so, then, how does one open a file in an already running application? Of course I can use applescript... but would rather stay in xTalk.

3) this is totally obscure problem with Adobe products... anyone know about this?

Launch "somepath/some.jpg" with "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 7.0/Adobe Photoshop 7.0

will not work... and, what is even stranger, if you do

answer file "Find your copy of Photoshop"
put it

and locate the application, Rev returns:

/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 7.0/Adobe Photoshop 7.0/

with a "/" at the end, even though it appears that you are pointing to the Adobe photoshop file and not a folder??

Almost got my little image manager CPU wrapped up... helper apps are the last leg for file times that Rev can't put into an image object.

FYI: here;s a great little script for anyone on OSX handling incoming photos from digital cameras that need to be rotated... runs great from Rev.

Put this in your image object, whose image is a file ref.

on mouseUp
put the filename of me into mySource
put mySource into tPath
replace "/" with ":" in tPath
delete char 1 of tPath
put fld "appleScript" into tScript
replace "###sourcePath###" with tPath in tScript
answer "Rotate" with "90" or "-90" or "Cancel"
if it is "Cancel" then exit mouseUp
replace "###angle###" with it in tScript
do tScript as applescript
set the filename of me to empty ## refresh image
set the filename of me to mySource
end mouseUp

And this in your applescript field:

try
tell application "Image Capture Scripting"
set this_image to open file "###sourcePath###"
rotate this_image to angle "###angle###"
save this_image in file "###sourcePath###"
end tell
return true
on error error_message
return false
end try

Image Capture Scripting is a scripting addition and this all runs in the background.


Sannyasin Sivakatirswami

Himalayan Academy Publications
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