Re: [MacPerl] 'Where is MacPerl?' in runtime

[dscott <dscott@inquo.net>]

This is a classic problem with Applescript.  Anytime you do a tell
application "xxx", Applescript needs to know where to find that
application.  The only way around this that I've found is to do a double
tell.  Here is an example using MacPerl:

tell application "Finder" to get the name of application file id "McPL"
set myApp to the result

tell application "MacPerl"
   tell application myApp
      -- Do your stuff here
   end tell
end tell

Hope this helps.

Dave

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David Scott
DRS Software
9322 Southwood Dr.
Sandy, UT 84070
dscott@inquo.net
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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Kevin Johnson wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a script that uses DoAppleScript for some file manipulation
> (copying, deleting, namechange, etc). When I create a runtime (with
> runtimebuilder), it asks "Where is MacPerl?". I want the script to run
> automatically without this need for interaction. Is this an applescript
> problem (I have Applescript activate MacPerl to bring the output window
> back to the front.) or do I need to give the directory pathway to something
> within the script?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Kevin Johnson
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