Re: [MacPerl] Exec()ing programs in MacPerl

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

shaw@ISI.EDU writes:
>What I'd like to do is click on a [web page] link and launch an
>application (a Director Projector), but I haven't succeeded in
>configuring my browser correctly.  So instead, I execute a &MacPerl'
>DoAppleScript command in a MacPerl CGI script to launch the
>application.  This works well except that, since exec() isn't
>supported, the Perl script continues to run, and Netscape continues to
>churn until I exit the application.
>
>1. Would it be easier to just run the AppleScript command as a CGI
>   script?

Probably, although the AppleScript won't quit either.

>2. Has anyone implemented a workaround for exec()?

You could probably get away with just writing MacPerl'Quit after the
AppleScript.

Matthias

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