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This article lists a number of discrepancies between the capabilities of the AppleScript and Visual Basic automation interfaces for Portfolio. The list is not cut and dried - depending on your expertise there are work-arounds for some of the differences. However, the table below does indicate some of the problems you will encounter when trying to replicate performance on both OSs. This list was compiled using the v6.02 Win clients and the v6.01/v6.1 Mac/OS-X clients (the OS-X AS dictionary appears not to differ from Mac v6.01).
| Function | Win | Mac | Notes |
| Open - in Browser Mode | No | ||
| Document - modified | No | 1 | |
| Document Close - ask before saving | No | 2 | |
| Data Size - size of object | No | 3 | |
| Gallery - New Gallery | No | ||
| Application - Version | No | 4 | |
| Catalog - Show Options | No | 5 | |
| Export HTML - Export Template | No | ||
| Import HTML - Import Template | No | ||
| Import Text File | No | ||
| Export Text File | No | ||
| Find All | No | 6 | |
| Serve Catalog | No | ||
| Serve SQL Catalog | No | ||
| Unserve Catalog | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Add Custom Field data | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Copy/Move controls | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Rename controls | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Video Thumbnail by | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Video Thumbnail value | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Path Categories | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Digimarc detection | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Index document text | No | ||
| Cataloging Options - Exclude document text | No | ||
| Gallery - Total Record Count | No | ||
| Gallery View (i.e. which view is shown) | No | 7 | |
| Record (Field) - Return thumbnail (as PICT) | No | ||
| Record (Field) - Custom thumbnail | No | ||
| Document - Last Error | No | ||
| RefreshView | No | ||
| ArchiveCatalog | No | ||
| Create Custom Field (Single/(Multivalue) | No | ||
| Create Custom Field (with Predefined List) | No | ||
| Create Field Map | No | ||
| Disable Field Map | No | ||
| Enable Field Map | No | ||
| Record - Regenerate thumbnail | No | ||
| Field - IsMV | No | ||
| Field - IsIndexed | No | ||
| Field - IsPredefined | No | ||
| Field - IsURL | No | ||
| Field - Type | No | ||
| Field - DeleteMVData | No | ||
| Field - GetMVData | No | ||
| Field - GetPredefinedData | No | ||
| Field - GetPredefinedDataCount | No | ||
| Field - GetPredefinedValueList | No | ||
| Functions Not Available via Scripting | Notes | ||
| Opening an existing saved (i.e. named) Gallery | |||
| Controlling visual appearance of called Galleries on opening | |||
| Applying Saved View to a called Gallery | |||
| Loading/exporting Saved Views | |||
| Access to View customisation on-the-fly | |||
Notes:
Question: Discrepancies between VB and AppleScript automation [FAQ00317.htm]
Last Update:- 01 June 2006
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