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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 May 2006 11:55:42 -0400
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On May 24, 2006, at 11:24 AM, Duane L. Mitchell wrote:

> On 5/22/06 9:59 AM  Duane L. Mitchell  [log in to unmask]  said:
>
>> On 5/19/06 10:14 PM  John Baxter  [log in to unmask]  said:
>>
>>> Did the script travel to the client with the problem as a compiled
>>> script containing the reference date?
>>
>> Early on I had them recompile the script on their machine. I was  
>> certain
>> that would solve it and was surprised when it didn't.
>
> My curiosity got to me and I visited the site yesterday. Sometimes  
> there's
> no substitute for being there and this was the case. Though they  
> claimed to
> have re-compiled the scripts they couldn't have because this was  
> the first
> thing I did to resolve the issue and it did solve the problem.
>
> Before doing that I ran the script which resulted in a negative  
> number. Thus
> pointing to "current date" as the problem in this expression:
>
> ((current date) - pReferenceDate)
>
> I was hoping it would be more interesting than this. I had all the  
> various
> solution scripts to try and did not get the chance to run them. I  
> suppose
> the question remains how can one create the above expression on a PPC
> machine so that it works on an Intel machine without having to  
> recompile.
> Perhaps using one or another of the previously suggested solutions  
> for both
> sides of the minus sign would work?
>
> Thanks for the contributions. I learned a bit about dates and date  
> math and
> that makes things worthwhile.

With as dynamic as Applescript is there is one other option

on run
	set pReferenceDate to run script "date \"january 1, 1904\""
end

-Mark
So would a recalcitrant prostitute be a tough 'ho to road?

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