Unless the AS needs to be built dynamically, you could compile it, and just launch it through LC.
~Roger On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Bill Vlahos wrote: > > > When I execute the AppleScript listed below in the AppleScript Editor > > it works in about 1 second. Take the same script, put in in a > > LiveCode field and do field “name” as AppleScript and it takes > > between 1 and 2 minutes to do! > > > > 1. Why? > > 2. How can I make it run quickly? > > The time difference is big enough that I suspect Zyrip is on the right > track: > <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2014-October/206543.html> > > But in general, executing AppleScript from LiveCode will almost always be > somewhat slower than running the same script within Apple's AppleScript > Editor for two reasons: > > 1. In AS, the interface to the AE subsystem is initialized when the app > opens, but in LC it needs to be setup at runtime when the call is made. > > 2. In AS scripts are compiled before being run, but in LC we're passing a > string to the AS subsystem, which it then has to compile before executing. > > Neither of those should take quite that long, though. > > If you're coming to tonight's LiveCode User Group meeting in Pasadena > please bring your project and let's brainstorm ways to diagnose what's > going on with it. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
