[MacPerl] Controlling ToolServer from MacPerl

[Brian McNett <webmaster@mycoinfo.com>]

Well, obviously, since Toolserver takes AppleEvents, it should be 
possible to control it from the MacPerl app, correct?  Has anyone tried 
doing this, or is is just easier to use the MPW tool?

The reason I ask, is that I have some code which will (eventually) write 
resource compiler sources as part of it's output.  I could just write the 
resources directly, but there are cross-platform issues. I can't be sure 
that MPW or Toolserver will be present on every Mac this program may run 
on, but they're availalbe on mine.

So the conditions are this:

IF the program is running under MacPerl (it may be running under Unix),

   IF the user has ToolServer,

   The program should instruct Rez to compile the resources it's just 
written.

   ELSE

   The program should exit after having written the resource compiler 
sources.

ELSE (program not running under MacPerl)

   skip writing the resource compiler sources

Actually it may be better just to put up a dialog for Mac users and let 
them select their preferences, but this begs the real question:

Would it be necessary (or even useful) to have an AppleEvent glue for 
ToolServer?

--B



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