Re: WebObjects and AppleScript?

[adhamh findlay]

At 4:21 PM -0800 3/16/99, Ziya Oz wrote:
>> Has anyone who has given this stuff a look thought about
>> integrating a WebObjects application with AppleScript on the
>> server side? I've only given AppleScript a glance, but it looks
>> like it could be used to do cool things like allow users to upload
>> and run simple scripts (I think the buzzword is "agents) against
>> server-side objects.
>
>Incidentally, there used to be an app called Flypaper,
>written by Eric Iverson. It ran specified AppleScript
>scripts or script apps when you click on special links on a
>web page in Netscape. Like:
>
><A HREF="flyp:FileName">Come on down!</A>
>
>The scripts would run only if they resided in the Flypaper
>folder on your local drive, thereby providing some level
>security :-) You could conceivably execute any type of
>AppleScript embedded as such.
>
>The URL for Flypaper I used to have from nearly two years
>ago is no longer valid.
>
>****
>Ziya


You can write AppleScripts in BlueBox for Yellow applications. The applications just have to support it.

"AppleEvents and AppleScript are supported as usual within MacOS.app and from MacOS.app to scriptable Mac OS X Server applications."


http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n60124 adhamh