Re: New command suggestion
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >on Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:53:24 Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>In other words, what you really would like to have is a new tag that >>purges the xxx.db data from RAM *without* writing it to disk. Yes, >>that would make it possible to do everything you need, automatically, >>in a single template like this: > > >>[CloseDatabase xxx.db] >>[AppleScript] >>Move the xxx.db file to the trash and rename the xxx.db copy file >>to xxx.db >>[/AppleScript] >>[PurgeDatabase xxx.db] > > >Ken this is Great! >But, I'd like to clean up the AppleScript: > >[CloseDatabase xxx.db] >[AppleScript] >set myPath to myHardDrive:WebSTAR:WebCatalog: >tell application Finder > if file (myPath & xxx.db) exists then > move the file (myPath & xxx.db) to the trash > rename file (myPath & xxx.db copy) to xxx.db > end if >end tell >[/AppleScript] >[PurgeDatabase xxx.db]Hi Eddie,Thanks for writing some *real* AppleScript for me! :)BTW, In case anyone got the wrong impression about this discussion, I just want to make it clear that there is *NO SUCH THING* as a [PurgeDatabase] tag in WebDNA.This was a THEORETICAL discussion of what could be done *IF* there were such a tag -- but there's no such animal yet ... Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions 808-737-6499 http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
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>on Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:53:24 Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>In other words, what you really would like to have is a new tag that >>purges the xxx.db data from RAM *without* writing it to disk. Yes, >>that would make it possible to do everything you need, automatically, >>in a single template like this: > > >>[CloseDatabase xxx.db] >>[AppleScript] >>Move the xxx.db file to the trash and rename the xxx.db copy file >>to xxx.db >>[/AppleScript] >>[PurgeDatabase xxx.db] > > >Ken this is Great! >But, I'd like to clean up the AppleScript: > >[CloseDatabase xxx.db] >[AppleScript] >set myPath to myHardDrive:WebSTAR:WebCatalog: >tell application Finder > if file (myPath & xxx.db) exists then > move the file (myPath & xxx.db) to the trash > rename file (myPath & xxx.db copy) to xxx.db > end if >end tell >[/AppleScript] >[PurgeDatabase xxx.db]Hi Eddie,Thanks for writing some *real* AppleScript for me! :)BTW, In case anyone got the wrong impression about this discussion, I just want to make it clear that there is *NO SUCH THING* as a [PurgeDatabase] tag in WebDNA.This was a THEORETICAL discussion of what could be done *IF* there were such a tag -- but there's no such animal yet ... Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions 808-737-6499 http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
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