Re: [MacPerl] Applescript and MacPerl

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pjstoaster.pg.md.us>]

At 2:02 PM -0600 on 12/11/96, John Gilmore-Baldwin wrote:


}I'm having trouble getting MacPerl variables into my applescripts.  I've
}never worked with this aspect of MacPerl before, so perhaps I'm just being
}dopey.
}
}Here's what I've tried:
}
}#!/usr/local/bin/perl
}
}$x = "Text text";
}
}&MacPerl'DoAppleScript(<<'END_SCRIPT');
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^  Your problem is right here.
To get the effect you want, you need either <<END_SCRIPT or <<"END_SCRIPT".
The single quotes tell Perl *not* to do variable substitution, but to leave
a literal $x in the string.

}tell application "MacPerl"
}       make new Window
}       copy "$x" & "Inserting text the hard way." to character 1 of front
}Window
}end tell
}END_SCRIPT
}
}This gives me "$x" instead of "Text text".
}
}variations on this theme (taking the quotes out, etc.) seem to prevent the
}script from compiling properly. (I get no error message, but I get no
}output either).
}
}Can somebody help me?
}
}I'm using MacPerl 5.1.0r2.


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