Kevin, That one looks more like "AppleScript2ApperlScript". Anyway, it seems to be the answer I deserve:-) Just wondering how much work it would take to write a real AppleScript2perl --or lets say AppleScript to "AppleEvent with some perl arround". Andreas Marcel Kevin Reid wrote: >#!perl -w > >@ARGV == 1 or die "Only one file at a time, please!"; > >open OUT, "> $ARGV[0].pl" or die "Open failed: $!"; > >print OUT <<"END"; >#!perl > >MacPerl::DoAppleScript <<"EOAS"; >END > >while (<>) { print OUT " $_"; } > ># print join "\n", map {" $_"}, <>; # use only for small files > >print OUT <<"END"; > >EOAS >END > >__END__ > >-- > Kevin Reid. | Macintosh. > "I'm me." | Think different. ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch