Re: [MacPerl] "activate" not working from MacPerl:: DoAppleScript?

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 20.14 1998.02.11, William Neuhauser wrote:
>I'm having trouble launching apps from DoAppleScript.  For example, the
>following tries to launch FileMaker Pro.  This works fine from the Script
>Editor.  Any ideas from anyone?
>
>
>$r = MacPerl::DoAppleScript(<<END_SCRIPT);
>activate application "FileMaker Pro"
>END_SCRIPT
>
>print $r, "\n";

That worked just fine for me.  A dialog box came up and asked where the app
is, I selected it, and it launched.

But I do know that it is easier and faster to launch an app with
Mac::Processes and Mac::MoreFiles, or my own module, Mac::Apps::Launch,
which provides a simpler interface to launching, and quitting, apps, and is
implemented via those modules.

  use Mac::Apps::Launch;
  LaunchApps([qw(R*ch Arch ·uck]) || warn($^E);

It is available from CPAN or my site.

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