Re: [MacPerl] Simple Open Dialog

[Brian McNett <brianmc@telebyte.net>]

>#!perl
>
>$show_dialog	= "tell application \"Finder\"\n";
>$show_dialog.=		"activate\n";
>$show_dialog.=	"try\n";
>$show_dialog.=	"set file1 to choose file with prompt \"Select a file:\"\n";
>$show_dialog.=	'on error -- e.g. user cancelled' . "\n";
>$show_dialog.= "return\n";
>$show_dialog.= "end try\n";
>$show_dialog.= "end tell\n";
>
>MacPerl::DoAppleScript($show_dialog);

Rather convoluted, don't you think?  Why not:

#!perl -w

$show_dialog = <<EOS;
tell application "Finder"
    activate
    try
    set file1 to chose the file with prompt "Select a file:"
    on error -- e.g. user cancelled
    return
    end try
end tell
EOS      

MacPerl::DoAppleScript($show_dialog);
  

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