Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl from AppleScript/FaceSpan?

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

"Michael Schuerig" <uzs90z@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> writes:
>I want to run a perl script via the OSA component from a FaceSpan app. That
>rules out calling AS from perl through DoAppleScript. What I need is a way
>to call perl with a file argument from AS and get a return value (plain
>text, but preferably a list).

tell application "MacPerl"
     Do Script "MacPerl::Reply(Hello)"
end

>BTW, what's the status of the MacPerl OSA component?

I'm currently making slow but steady progress in putting the finishing touches
on the 5.1.0 distribution, in which it will be included. There are a few bugs
to address and I'd like to do few more toolbox examples, but overall, I'm
getting close to release.

Matthias

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