We've tried to avoid storing any user data in the Application folder, and I consider scripts to be user data. It's just too easy to accidentally delete them when upgrading the application or something.
Dan On 1/4/03 9:33 AM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right. It might even be a reasonable enhancement to make, to allow scripts > to be universally accessible by more than a single Entourage user. The > Script Menu then would display a combination of scripts that are local to > the user and scripts that are shared. The latter might be in a Entourage > Scripts folder inside the Office folder, for instance. > > I can see a definite problem with this idea, however. Many scripts (like > yours and mine) make use of properties to store information for the user. If > such a script were globally accessible, the information I store in it might > be read or modified by another user. Not a good thing. Users would have to > know which scripts might store info and which do not, and make sure to make > local copies of those that do. Way too confusing. So, IMO, it is best left > as it is. > > > On or near 1/4/03 3:20 AM, Mr Tea at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > >> This from Paul Berkowitz - dated 04-01-03 04.27 am: >> >>>> I was surprised the scripts have to be put in a user specific folder, can't >>>> they be in the shared folder or in the Application folder ? >>> >>> These are "compiled scripts", not script applications... >> >> [Big Snip] >> >>> To be run in Entourage it has to be in the correct folder where Entourage >>> looks for scripts. Only then does it appear in its script menu. How exactly >>> did you think scripts got into that script menu? If you put a compiled >>> script >>> on your desktop, how is Entourage to know it's there? Of course if you don't >>> mind the 8-second startup time, you can save it as an application and go >>> noodling about your desktop if you really want to. >> >> Easy there, Paul. I think that Sven was simply wondering why scripts could >> not be stored in the MS Office folder in the Applications folder. Entourage >> should be able to find them there (and many other apps with script menus do >> it this way). >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> Mr Tea >> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
