macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) (05/31/91)
Well, forget 7.0.2 that I mentioned in my last post, it's 7.1. The press release that follows doesn't mention that it is version 7.1 officially, but I know people who have seen it. Now my only question is... WHEN can we get this?? This is getting exciting. Take a look..... APPLE INTRODUCES NEW UPGRADED MACINTOSH SYSTEM CUPERTINO, CA (MAY 28) PR NEWSWIRE - Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) today announced an open scripting architecture, which builds upon Apple's recently released System 7, an upgrade to the Macintosh computer operating system. This architecture provides a standard scripting platform for all Macintosh third-party applications enabling users to customize applications and automate repetitive tasks. Scripting is an approach to application customization and development for those who are not necessarily computer programmers. Macro languages, batch files, and the HyperTalk language are familiar approaches to user scripting. With System 7's InterApplication Communication as the foundation, Apple is extending user scripting to allow users to combine the capabilities of one or more applications. InterApplication Communication (IAC) is a feature of System 7 allowing applications to share data and functions, as was demonstrated by many applications at last week's System 7 introduction. "IAC provides the foundation for a variety of rich software enhancements. The open scripting architecture takes advantage of the flexibility and power IAC offers by providing developers with a standard way to make their mainstream applications scriptable," said Roger Heinen, Apple's vice president of Macintosh Software Architecture. "This open architecture brings the consistency that Macintosh users expect to scripting, and opens up new opportunities for developer innovation on the Macintosh." Apple's Open Scripting Architecture provides a standard way for mainstream applications to interact with any scripting application. This interaction is based on the Apple events messaging language of System 7's IAC technology, used by applications for sophisticated communication with other applications. The Open Scripting Architecture includes a set of standard Apple events and a mechanism for announcing support of those standards. Standard Apple events form a common vocabulary for application communication, and have been published in the Apple events Registry. Through the Apple events User Terminology mechanism, applications announce the Apple events which they can receive from scripting systems. Together, the Apple events Registry and User Terminology form a standard application architecture for user scripting. The Open Scripting Architecture was developed in consultation with scripting system developers UserLand Software and Simple Software. The architecture will support UserLand's Remote Procedure Events (RPE), a basic style of InterApplication Communication. The Open Scripting Architecture strengthens the Macintosh computer's usability. "With scripting, the user gets more value out of his software investment," said Michael Odawa, president of Simple Software. "Control Tower ties separate applications together into a custom-built solution." The standard architecture means new business opportunities for developers. "The Apple events and scripting standards let us create an exciting new class of application," said Jay Bartlett, marketing manager of Tactic Software. "Our Traffic Controller product acts as the yellow pages' of applications which understand Apple events." Developers found that the powerful network access of the System 7 IAC architecture let them provide scripting across the network. "The standards defined by Apple lets QuicKeys communicate with applications, even on other machines via the network," said Don Brown, vice president of CE Software. "There' s no extra work for the user or developer; network access is built-in to Apple' s IAC architecture, giving the user the capability to share their information with others." Distribution at World Wide Developers Conference The Macintosh Open Scripting Architecture includes the Apple events Registry and Apple events User Terminology definition. Both were distributed to developers last week at Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, as part of the Apple events Developers Toolkit. The Developers Toolkit also includes the Apple events Object Support Library and a number of testing tools, and will be available from Apple this summer. Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks and HyperTalk is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. CONTACT: Patty Tulloch of Apple Computer Inc., 408-974-5449. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Silverberg INTERNET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Main Street USA 508-832-7725 (sysop) America Online: TfChris WMUG BBS 508-832-5844 (sysop)
leonardr@sv.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol) (06/03/91)
In article <1991May30.232023.17762@wpi.WPI.EDU>, macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) writes: > Well, forget 7.0.2 that I mentioned in my last post, it's 7.1. The press > release that follows doesn't mention that it is version 7.1 officially, but > I know people who have seen it. Now my only question is... WHEN can we get > this?? This is getting exciting. Take a look..... > > > APPLE INTRODUCES NEW UPGRADED MACINTOSH SYSTEM > > CUPERTINO, CA (MAY 28) PR NEWSWIRE - Apple Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) > today announced an open scripting architecture, which builds upon Apple's > recently released System 7, an upgrade to the Macintosh computer operating > system. This architecture provides a standard scripting platform for all > Macintosh third-party applications enabling users to customize applications > and automate repetitive tasks. > > [rest of press release removed to save space, etc.] > I hate to burst Chris' balloon (help?) but there is nothing in that press release that states anything about a future release of 7.0. It is simply talking about what is now possible with _7.0_! Because of IAC/Apple events, and the new 'User Terminology' component, it is possible to build scripting systems for the Mac. Three companies, Userland (Frontier), CE Software (QuicKeys 2.1) and Simple Software (Control Tower) have all announced products which will provide this capability, and Apple has speculat ed that it too may play the scripting game in the future. Leonard Rosenthol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + Leonard Rosenthol | AppleLink: MACgician + + Software Ventures | GEnie: MACgician + + Internet: leonardr@sv.portal.com | AOL: MACgician + ----------------------------------------------------------------------
macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) (06/03/91)
In an article leonardr@sv.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol) rambles: > I hate to burst Chris' balloon (help?) but there is nothing in that > press release that states anything about a future release of 7.0. It is > simply talking about what is now possible with _7.0_! Because of IAC/Apple > events, and the new 'User Terminology' component, it is possible to build > scripting systems for the Mac. Yea, I read the press release again, which is certainly pretty vague about what they are saying. I guess I jumped the gun on saying "7.1". Sorry, can't help myself sometimes. ;-) However, I do know that there IS at LEAST a version 7.0.2 floating around with some Apple people, so i'm still trying to get a feeling for when the "rest of us" will have the latest. (I'm also wondering if Apple will take these 7.0.x versions, that may possibly contain some bug fixes, and combine it with some new spiffy features and call it 7.1.... hmmm...) - Chris =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Silverberg INTERNET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Main Street USA 508-832-7725 (sysop) America Online: TfChris WMUG BBS 508-832-5844 (sysop)
philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) (06/04/91)
In article <1991Jun3.045645.19985@wpi.WPI.EDU>, macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) writes: |> In an article leonardr@sv.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol) rambles: |> However, I do know that there IS at LEAST a version 7.0.2 floating around |> with some Apple people, so i'm still trying to get a feeling for when the |> "rest of us" will have the latest. (I'm also wondering if Apple will take |> these 7.0.x versions, that may possibly contain some bug fixes, and combine |> it with some new spiffy features and call it 7.1.... hmmm...) The other possibilty is that they may hold the bug fixes back until they launch a new model. -- Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu