Re: [MacPerl] Send Arg to MacPerl from AS

[PTATTERS@astral.magic.ca (Peter Tattersall)]

You wrote
>It works fine when executed from MacPerl, but Script Editor replies: "No
>result was returned from some part of this expression".
>

Hmm. It definitely works for me. My version of MacPerl is 5.0.7r1m, from
way back in March. Which version are you using - I'll try to grab a copy
and see what happens.

In the meantime, try a print statement within Perl to confirm that the
script is being invoked with the right arguments and that it gets past the
'Reply. In the AppleScript, try display dialog statements to check the
progress through the invocation.

One thing I did notice: I often include 'activate' in my AppleScripts.
Doing this here resulted in MacPerl hanging on to control, and the reply
didn't get back to AppleScript until the timeout whistle blew, or until I
clicked on the AS window to take control back. Maybe there's something
obscure which prevents AS from getting control again?

Keep Mac'ing at it!

Peter Tattersall
Perk Consulting
ptatters@astral.magic.ca
http://www.magic.ca/~ptatters/rolling.html