Re: Using Applescript to process WebCatalog functions
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17758
interpreted = N
texte = Run the plugin. Its faster, can handle larger amounts of data coming from forms, plus WebTen does not have a seperate plugin folder for SSL. Why would you want to run the acgi version? >Yes, that is the same answer I got from Starnine and Foresight... >But it happens. In fact it happens with 4D-databases running in acgi mode. >Delay is 2-4 seconds when AppleScript is on. Looks like if the Mac >receives an acgi call, asks AppleScript first, discovers that he has no >chance to handle that call and finally sends the request to the right >application (that is my own childish interpretation ;-) But, on the other >hand, it seems to depend on the complexity of a query so it could be 4D >itself (compiled app) which goes down when AppleScript is on - but ACI >feels innocent either... >There are three 4D-databases on this machine, WebTen with FTP, Autoboot, >Timbuktu 3 and nothing else. RAM is 96 MB, 15 MB for each database. In >this configuration we can play the game at any time: AS on = delay, AS off >= no delay. Perhaps we are the only company with this problem, but that >does not help - when I see such a behavior and cannot find an acceptable >explanation I blame AppleScript for doing some funny things under the >hood... Britt T. -------------------------------------------------------- || Britt@fishingworld.com || Britt@easttexas.com || -------------------------------------------------------- || World Masters - || P.O. Box 1989 || || Graphic Designs, || Lindale, TX 75771 || || Web Site Development, || Phone: (903) 882-8877 || || Web Site Hosting. || Fax: (903) 882-3110 || --------------------------------------------------------
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Run the plugin. Its faster, can handle larger amounts of data coming from forms, plus WebTen does not have a seperate plugin folder for SSL. Why would you want to run the acgi version? >Yes, that is the same answer I got from Starnine and Foresight... >But it happens. In fact it happens with 4D-databases running in acgi mode. >Delay is 2-4 seconds when AppleScript is on. Looks like if the Mac >receives an acgi call, asks AppleScript first, discovers that he has no >chance to handle that call and finally sends the request to the right >application (that is my own childish interpretation ;-) But, on the other >hand, it seems to depend on the complexity of a query so it could be 4D >itself (compiled app) which goes down when AppleScript is on - but ACI >feels innocent either... >There are three 4D-databases on this machine, WebTen with FTP, Autoboot, >Timbuktu 3 and nothing else. RAM is 96 MB, 15 MB for each database. In >this configuration we can play the game at any time: AS on = delay, AS off >= no delay. Perhaps we are the only company with this problem, but that >does not help - when I see such a behavior and cannot find an acceptable >explanation I blame AppleScript for doing some funny things under the >hood... Britt T. -------------------------------------------------------- || Britt@fishingworld.com || Britt@easttexas.com || -------------------------------------------------------- || World Masters - || P.O. Box 1989 || || Graphic Designs, || Lindale, TX 75771 || || Web Site Development, || Phone: (903) 882-8877 || || Web Site Hosting. || Fax: (903) 882-3110 || --------------------------------------------------------
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