Re: [MacPerl] Do Script and dbm files

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

Bill Hoffman <bhoff@slip.net> writes:
>I want to send Do Script commands from AppleScript to access key/value 
>pairs in a MacPerl dbm file. It appears that I have to explicitly open 
>the dbm file each time I want access to it from a Do Script event [...]

>Looks like I can't, as the handle to the dbm file appears to exist only 
>for the life of the script, not the life of the running MacPerl process. 
>Can anyone confirm this for me, or correct me if I am wrong?" 

This is correct. In MacPerl 5.1.0, this is solvable by keeping the script
running and installing a custom AppleEvent handler, but that's not mainstream
technology yet.

Matthias

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