Calling external programs on the mac (including Java)

John M McIntosh johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com
Fri Aug 11 16:44:03 UTC 2000


on 8/10/00 1:34 PM, David N. Smith (IBM) at dnsmith at watson.ibm.com wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I vaguely remember that something on how to call external programs on the Mac
> did float past my consciousness but, if so, it didn't sink in. I usually make
> copies of such tidbits for later when I need them Real Bad, but no such luck
> this time.
> 
> Is it possible? If so, can someone tell me how? Do I remember correctly that
> it required AppleScript? Any examples greatly appreciated.
> 
> To make it even worse, I have found that I need to call Java from Squeak, and
> I can imaging all kinds of things that could go wrong.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dave


Hi, go see the Squeak class MacPixPatPtr and of course Applescript


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