And I would FTP that grilled ham&cheese if I knew how to scan it so that its essential ingredients (the grease) would be captured. (grin) R, John A.M. Darnell Software Development In honor of THE MATRIX RELOADED: In the first movie, close to the climax, Keanu Reeves and Carrie Ann Moss take a harrowing express ride up an elevator by explosively disconnecting the counterweight. Just before activating the detonator, Reeves says something. What was it that he said? Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]> 05/21/2003 01:13 PM Please respond to Macintosh Scripting Systems To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: Re: Date Scripting in OS X On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 01:57 PM, doug rogers wrote: >> Another crutch upon which have propped myself up is the dateToStamp >> and >> stampToDate commands in Tanaka's OSAX, and it's not immediately clear >> to >> me if >> there's an alternate way in OS X to handle date manipulations like >> that. > > You do know that all of Tanaka's Osax were written in HyperCard and > compiled? I know it's no help really to anyone to know this, but just > another illustration of a powerful and useful piece of software > neglected. > Part of me was thinking how easy it a lot of this stuff is to do in cocoa. If I had ambition and maybe a grilled spam and cheese sandwich I would start writing it. -Mark