Dar Scott wrote:
On Dec 9, 2006, at 10:37 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Glad you found and explored an easy 'send' method.
I did not know that you could simply 'send' between two standalones.
Does this really work on both Mac and Windows? or just Mac?
Just Mac. It's a HyperCard compatibility command, and sends an
appleEvent.
This is starting to come back. I had completely forgotten this. No
wonder I didn't understand Kay's comment.
Actually, not much is coming back.
<vaporware>I have been tinkering with a more general send.</vaporware>
...and I might be reinventing the wheel for OS X.
How does this work?
It is just the built-in xtalk system for sending and receiving
appleEvents between scriptable apps. Like I mentioned in another post,
you use "send" to send an appleEvent to any scriptable app. If the app
is a Rev standalone, an appleEvent handler is required in order for it
to receive the instruction and act on it. If the receiver wants to
return a response to the sending app, it uses the "reply" command to do so.
The default behavior for "send" is to wait for a reply until the timeout
period is over (I forget what that is, but if I remember right, it is
pretty long; I think it used to be 2 minutes on OS 9.) If the sender
doesn't want to wait, it can use "without waiting" to just fire off an
appleEvent and continue on its way.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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