[mallard]

I need help with applescript in OS 9.0.4. I made a simple launcher
for a game program using applescript:

tell application "GAME" to run params "Entry.unr INI=Game.ini USERINI=GameUser.ini"

That's it. But, since I have multiple copies of the application "GAME" in different folders, applescript never seems to pick the right one. Is there a way to make sure my script finds the right app when I launch the script? Thanks in advance!

- applescript NEWBIE.

[Yuri1419]

What if you just changed the name to "Game " (notice the empty space after the name) and told the script to activate "Game "?

This may not be the best way possible,but I bet it would work.

[Paul Crawford]

Hi mallard,

Another possibility might be to hard-code, in the 'tell application ...' statement, the full pathname of the preferred copy of the "GAME" app, using the standard colon-separated pathname format -- e.g., 'tell application "MyVolume:MyFolder:MySubfolder:GAME" to ...'. However, note that this approach would be less flexible than Yuril419's above suggestion of using a unique app-name, as it may break if you ever move the preferred copy of the "GAME" app to a new location.

An alternative possibility that wouldn't require specifying a full pathname might be to keep the launcher applet in the same folder as the preferred copy of the "GAME" app. (You could then keep an alias of the applet in a more convenient location.) That way, since AppleScript is supposed to look for the app first in the "current directory", it should always pick the applet's sibling "GAME" app. [Update 2001/02/09:- Hmmm, according to Apple, this approach might also be problematic. Chapter 5, "Objects and References" of Apple's official AppleScript Language Guide mentions that the "current directory" may be affected by the settings in (the 'Documents' section of) the General Controls control panel.]

Regards,

--Paul

[This message has been edited by Paul Crawford (edited 02-09-2001).]