I got this to work. I can't remember off hand whether there
was an issue with unix line endings, but I would be happy to send you
the project.
Paul
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At 1:26 AM -0700 2/5/02, Justin Simoni wrote
>I know this is an old thread, but can someone give more details on how to
>make this work? :)
>
>I followed these directions:
>
><snip>
>Yes! This is working. I just changed the Hello World example with this
>script:
>
>on clicked theObject
> tell main bundle to set thePath to path for resource "stats"
>extension "perl"
> try
> set thePath to "\"" & thePath & "\""
> set r to do shell script thePath
> display dialog r
> on error msgError
> display dialog msgError
> display dialog thePath
> end try
>end clicked
>
>And put a stats.perl file in the Resources folder with this snippet:
>
>#!/usr/bin/perl
>
>use strict;
>
>my $r = scalar (localtime);
>
>print $r;
>
>And then build the Hello World app and its working. The only problem
>that I had was that I forgot to set executable bit on the stats.perl
>file.
>
>Wow, this is very very cool!!!!
>
></snip>
>
>But all I get is a window with nothing in it, and if I run it in Project
>builder, I get a red text thingy that says that the applescript has exited
>with a status of '0'
>
>
>Anyone understand what's going on, or have a working example they can share?
>I'm confused on what kind of project I'm supposed to make and when and what
>I chmod the Perl script to, do I open up the bundle and do it there?
>
>
>Justin Simoni
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Paul Schatz
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University of Virginia
