crazylarry@mac.com

so i jsut bought this from electrotap, and i cant get it to work.

i plugged it into the script editor, ran it, and it did what i want. i ommitted the aplication here.

so i put the same text into a message box, and sent it to the input of tap.applescript, and i get an error "doesnt understadnt "tell"

do i need to actually get the apple script into the max patch somehow?

tell application "XXX"
	activate
end tell

tell application "System Events"
	key code 124
end tell

i plugged it into the script editor, ran it, and it did what i want. i ommitted the aplication here. 

tap-applescript

tap.applescript reads scripts from the disk...you can't send it 

On Feb 27, 2007, at 6:09 PM, Larry Ursini wrote:

> so i jsut bought this from electrotap, and i cant get it to work.

> i plugged it into the script editor, ran it, and it did what i 

> so i put the same text into a message box, and sent it to the input 

> of tap.applescript, and i get an error "doesnt understadnt "tell"

> do i need to actually get the apple script into the max patch somehow?

tap.applescript reads scripts from the disk...you can't send it  
applescript commands line by line.
hope this helps,
david

>
> so i jsut bought this from electrotap, and i cant get it to work.
>
> i wrote my apple script :
>
> tell application "XXX"
> 	activate
> end tell
>
> tell application "System Events"
> 	key code 124
> end tell
>
>
> i plugged it into the script editor, ran it, and it did what i  
> want. i ommitted the aplication here.
>
> so i put the same text into a message box, and sent it to the input  
> of tap.applescript, and i get an error "doesnt understadnt "tell"
>
> whats going on?
>
> do i need to actually get the apple script into the max patch somehow?
>
>
>


so i have my applescript written, how do i tell tap.applescript what script to run, or where it is?

Quote: crazylarry@mac.com wrote on Wed, 28 February 2007 04:18

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> so i have my applescript written, how do i tell tap.applescript what script to run, or where it is?

I guess you have to provide the pathname of your script to [tap.applescript]

Quote: crazylarry@mac.com wrote on Wed, 28 February 2007 04:18
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> so i have my applescript written, how do i tell tap.applescript what script to run, or where it is?
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just the pathname is not working either.


do you have it saved on your harddrive? It's been a while since I've 

used applescript, but I believe the steps are:

1. create an applescript using scripteditor

3. open the applescript you just saved using tap.applescript using 

On Feb 27, 2007, at 7:18 PM, Larry Ursini wrote:

> so i have my applescript written, how do i tell tap.applescript 

do you have it saved on your harddrive? It's been a while since I've  
used applescript, but I believe the steps are:
1. create an applescript using scripteditor
2. save the applescript
3. open the applescript you just saved using tap.applescript using  
the "read" message.

>
> so i have my applescript written, how do i tell tap.applescript  
> what script to run, or where it is?


check the help file, it gives out everything you need really. also, make 

sure the applescript you're using lives in max's search path and you 

should be fine to go (works here with a variety of homemade applescript 

> just the pathname is not working either. 

check the help file, it gives out everything you need really. also, make 
sure the applescript you're using lives in max's search path and you 
should be fine to go (works here with a variety of homemade applescript 
without a problem).

Larry Ursini wrote:
> just the pathname is not working either. 
>
