6/12/02 22:49 chris : >as such. In the Script Editor log, it showed up in a larger point font >than a "normal" string value. >[...] >MY ultimate fix was simply to rebuild the string by walking the >characters, getting their ASCII number value, and then build a fresh >string using those numbers back into ASCII characters. By all means, >there should be no difference between the original and ending strings, >but that is what it took to get Emailer to like the path and accept it.
This looks like a styled text issue: you probably noticed that in OS X styled text is everywhere (depending on where it was copied, pasted text in fields like browsers address, file names etc. often appear styled at first, and sometimes text copied from interface elements like lists is styled too). Styled text is probably OK to display using AppleScript (handled by the OS), but it may not get parsed for non-display routines which would then get raw data. Now of course if it IS styled text, it can probably be considered a bug in iPhoto, since I can't see a reason why there should be from your script. >2nd script trick probably would have worked (although, I wonder if doing >so would have cleared the string problem itself, and given me another >false sense that it was working). Not "false sense": if a 2-script setup worked, it could as well stay so forever (no need to throw extra sweat at merging the 2 scripts just to find that you must redo the opposite next time you want to tweak it). >> open theMessage >> >>where theMessage is a reference to the message :) > >I tried that, but it did nothing (and left the applescript hung waiting >for the step to complete). What I did was: > >set new_message to make new outgoing message >open new_message OOOOOHHH that's frustrating. I just wasted a full sandwich worth of time on that: the open command only works from within Emailer (try the exact same script from Emailer or OSA Menu scripts menus). Even telling Emailer to activate first (like is needed for simulated menu commands) won't cut it: it won't work from Smile and probably anywhere outside Emailer. I tried everything (using terms from, double tell, delay, etc.) A sandwich lasts approximately half a pizza. ---- VRic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
