On May 15, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Arnaud Nicolet wrote: > Le 15 mai 07 à 14:17 Soir, James Sentman a écrit: > >> Apple events will be slightly faster, and avoid some of the things >> already mentioned. But realistically a single script vs a single >> apple event will have no noticeable difference in speed at all. >> >> The saying goes that nothing takes any time at all unless you do it >> more than once ;) >> >> So if you're looping and gathering hundreds of bits of info then the >> slight overhead of a script vs an event will add up. If you're only >> doing 1 or 2 things before returning then the benefit will be >> virtually nil. So all other things being equal, and none of the >> already mentioned things cause problems, then there is only a benefit >> if you're looping through a lot of them. > > Thank you! > > I question comes to mind: can AppleScript be non-installed? > I think AppleEvents are part of the OS so is always available, but > scripts, are they?
AppleScript is a part of the OS, and has been for quite some time. -- Glenn L. Austin <>< Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
