I agree with Scott, Open is best open in other ways. Is this what you are trying to accomplish or was it just an example of what you were trying to do?
If we knew, we could help...
Lenny
On Nov 9, 2012, at 8:03 AM, kanuk compuserve <ka...@compuserve.com> wrote:
Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i was using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch… Bugged. So i was going to use Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
Got it working now with this command:
tell application "Helix Engine"
do menu "Midnight Sequence"
end tell
I find it too simple. But it does work. Open to suggestion.
Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i was using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch… Bugged. So i was going to use Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
Got it working now with this command:
tell application "Helix Engine"
do menu "Midnight Sequence"
end tell
I find it too simple. But it does work. Open to suggestion.
> Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i was > using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch� Bugged. So i was going to use > Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
> Louis,
> my suggestion is - keep it simple, even though it's too simple ;-)
> cheers
> Fred
>>> an example of what you were trying to do?
>> Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i was >> using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch� Bugged. So i was going to use >> Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
> Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i was using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch… Bugged. So i was going to use Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
> Got it working now with this command:
> tell application "Helix Engine"
> do menu "Midnight Sequence"
> end tell
> I find it too simple. But it does work. Open to suggestion.
> On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:48 PM, kanuk compuserve <ka...@compuserve.com > <mailto:ka...@compuserve.com>> wrote:
>>> an example of what you were trying to do?
>> Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i was >> using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch… Bugged. So i was going to use >> Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
> On 10/11/12 13:12, Scott Amaral wrote:
>> I believe do meno {midnight sequence} as a list rather than "midnight sequence" might do it
> why would you want it as a list?
> Fred
>> Scott P Amaral
>> American Building Systems
>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:48 PM, kanuk compuserve <ka...@compuserve.com> wrote:
>>>> an example of what you were trying to do?
>>> Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i was using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch… Bugged. So i was going to use Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
>>> Got it working now with this command:
>>> tell application "Helix Engine"
>>> do menu "Midnight Sequence"
>>> end tell
>>> I find it too simple. But it does work. Open to suggestion.
command syntax
�event helxHEdm� unicode text | {unicode text, ...}
parameters
Parameter
Required
Type
Description
direct parameter required unicode text | list of unicode text
Menu item to choose. When the parameter is a list, only the first item in the list is processed.
> On Nov 10, 2012, at 7:54 AM, fred > <fred.stephen...@communication-unltd.com > <mailto:fred.stephen...@communication-unltd.com>> wrote:
>> On 10/11/12 13:12, Scott Amaral wrote:
>>> I believe do meno {midnight sequence} as a list rather than >>> "midnight sequence" might do it
>> why would you want it as a list?
>> Fred
>>> Scott P Amaral
>>> American Building Systems
>>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:48 PM, kanuk compuserve <ka...@compuserve.com >>> <mailto:ka...@compuserve.com>> wrote:
>>>>> an example of what you were trying to do?
>>>> Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i >>>> was using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch� Bugged. So i was going >>>> to use Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
aha I see, the below is from Helix Engine..... it should be the same as Helix Rade. In other words it can be either - but I can't see the point of additionally wrapping it in a list as well - that's two characters longer isn't it.
> On Nov 10, 2012, at 7:54 AM, fred > <fred.stephen...@communication-unltd.com > <mailto:fred.stephen...@communication-unltd.com>> wrote:
>> On 10/11/12 13:12, Scott Amaral wrote:
>>> I believe do meno {midnight sequence} as a list rather than >>> "midnight sequence" might do it
>> why would you want it as a list?
>> Fred
>>> Scott P Amaral
>>> American Building Systems
>>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:48 PM, kanuk compuserve <ka...@compuserve.com >>> <mailto:ka...@compuserve.com>> wrote:
>>>>> an example of what you were trying to do?
>>>> Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night. Before 10.7, i >>>> was using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch� Bugged. So i was going >>>> to use Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu item )
RADE 6.2 has a thoroughly
updated, modern AppleScript dictionary that's very different from the
one for 6.1 (RADE/Engine/Server/Client). Cheers,
--
Gib
On 11/10/12 7:19 AM, fred wrote:
aha I see, the below is from Helix
Engine..... it should be the same as Helix Rade. In other words it can
be either - but I can't see the point of additionally wrapping it in a
list as well - that's two characters longer isn't it.
Ok. I want the Engine to do a sequence at night.
Before 10.7, i was using Quickeys. Now with 10.7, ouch… Bugged. So i
was going to use Icalc and an applescript to do the sequence ( a menu
item )
Got it working now with this command:
tellapplication "Helix
Engine"
do menu "Midnight
Sequence"
endtell
I
find it too simple. But it does work. Open to suggestion.
If you have a view or a sequence on a menu, for example "my View", the syntax goes like this:
tell application "Helix Engine"
do menu "my View"
end tell
However, Helix Engine wants to be in charge... so you need this to actually make it work:
tell application "Helix Engine"
activate
do menu "my View"
end tell
If you want to run a sequence this works, but if you want to simply to do a post all to update a series of records, you can also do a retrieve using either Heliport or CallHelix and put a post on the export step...
Have fun!
Lenny
On Nov 9, 2012, at 8:21 AM, kanuk compuserve <ka...@compuserve.com> wrote:
