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Wednesday, October 9, 2002
Memory Usage Getter giveaway
- MacScripter.net:
3:46:26 PM
Reading and Parsing Tab-delimited Text Files
- "Parsing the tried-and-true tab-delimited text file with AppleScript is very easy and creates lists of lists that are pretty easy to access. Using tab-delimited files is important because it is such a common data exchange format. Spreadsheets, contact databases, HTML tables, other database and many other applications export their data as tab-delimited text files."
2:53:46 PM
24U Hex OSAX 1.0 released
- 24U Hex OSAX encodes text and integer numbers into a hexadecimal notation, commonly used by programmers and software engineers. Hexadecimal notation can be then decoded back to the original text or number.
2:05:59 PM
ScriptBuilders News
- Updates: PPP-OnlineTime 2.0
1:25:25 PM
Script Debugger 3.0.5 released
- This free update corrects compatibility problems with Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) that have come to light since the previous Script Debugger 3.0.4 update. See the release notes for a full list of changes.
12:27:33 PM
Mail Scripts 1.2.2
- 'Mail Scripts' is a collection of AppleScripts for Mail and Address Book offering additional features or simplified workflow. Release notes: Fixed "Cannot convert '10.2.1' into a number" bug. Fixed a problem where the user would be presented with a cryptic error message when the BSD subsystem was not installed.
10:49:29 AM
O'Reilly: The Do's and Don'ts of Shareware, Part 2
- by Sanford Selznick. "Last time we were together we introduced a few ideas about shareware: what shareware is, expected startup costs, developing an idea, and sales strategy. Now we will discuss some basic approaches for writing maintainable code, testing software, assembling a deliverable package, writing ReadMe files, and marketing and distributing your software."
12:04:08 AM
- MacScripter.net:
Memory Usage Getter giveaway from Ellipsis Productions and ResExcellence. Memory Usage Getter (MUG) is an AppleScript Studio application that graphically displays memory usage of applications and processes. This contest involves downloading the MUG package and doing a little detective work to answer the following question: "What is the name of the person who created the icon for Memory Usage Getter?"
3:46:26 PM
Reading and Parsing Tab-delimited Text Files
- "Parsing the tried-and-true tab-delimited text file with AppleScript is very easy and creates lists of lists that are pretty easy to access. Using tab-delimited files is important because it is such a common data exchange format. Spreadsheets, contact databases, HTML tables, other database and many other applications export their data as tab-delimited text files."
2:53:46 PM
24U Hex OSAX 1.0 released
- 24U Hex OSAX encodes text and integer numbers into a hexadecimal notation, commonly used by programmers and software engineers. Hexadecimal notation can be then decoded back to the original text or number.
2:05:59 PM
ScriptBuilders News
- Updates: PPP-OnlineTime 2.0
1:25:25 PM
Script Debugger 3.0.5 released
- This free update corrects compatibility problems with Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) that have come to light since the previous Script Debugger 3.0.4 update. See the release notes for a full list of changes.
12:27:33 PM
Mail Scripts 1.2.2
- 'Mail Scripts' is a collection of AppleScripts for Mail and Address Book offering additional features or simplified workflow. Release notes: Fixed "Cannot convert '10.2.1' into a number" bug. Fixed a problem where the user would be presented with a cryptic error message when the BSD subsystem was not installed.
10:49:29 AM
O'Reilly: The Do's and Don'ts of Shareware, Part 2
- by Sanford Selznick. "Last time we were together we introduced a few ideas about shareware: what shareware is, expected startup costs, developing an idea, and sales strategy. Now we will discuss some basic approaches for writing maintainable code, testing software, assembling a deliverable package, writing ReadMe files, and marketing and distributing your software."
12:04:08 AM