Re: [MacPerl] Does MacPerl support Apple Events?

[Neil Kandalgaonkar <njk@odyssee.net>]

Joseph Candelora wrote:

>Hi, I'm trying to write some CGI's to serve my Filemaker Pro database on the
>Web. I'm trying to find the best language to use, and I thought MacPerl
>looked
>good.  I need to know if it has the capability to use Apple Events to
>send and receive data to/from FMPro.

Yes.

>I have no idea how to use Apple
>Events to do this (I think it must be possible somehow);

There's an AppleScript CGI called ROFM (http://rowen.astro.washington.edu/)
which talks to FileMaker Pro. I've never tried it, but knowing AppleScript,
it's probably slow and more limited than a MacPerl script. However, you
could try looking over its source and the events it sends, as inspiration
for your fast, feature-laden MacPerl script.

>I just need to know
>if I should invest any time with MacPerl.

You might also want to try TangoFM from EveryWare
(http://www.everyware.com). It is excellent for rapid development, runs
quickly, and has almost every feature you would ever need to serve data
over the web. Not perfect, but close.

I actually use Tango + MacPerl at work. Strange, but true.

--
Neil Kandalgaonkar    njk@odyssee.net    http://www.odyssee.net/~njk/



***** Want to unsubscribe from this list?
***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch