Script runs differently from ESTK and Scripts panel

Recently I was reported about a problem with one of my scripts, that packages ID documents: a guy wrote me that when he runs it from ESTK, script works fine, but when run from Scripts panel — creates empty folders, does nothing more but generates an error (there's an error handler in the script that logs errors into a text file):
Error: Invalid value for parameter 'versionComments' of event 'packageForPrint'. Expected String, but received TRUE.
It's strange, because I don't use this optional parameter in the script.
BTW, on my computers it works ok, both in ID and ESTK.
Does anybody encountered this problem? Any ideas on why this happens?
Kasyan

He probably has his scriptPreferences version set to 5. To make your script foolproof, you should probably set the scriptPreferences yourself (and restore them when you are don to be nice...)
BTW, kAppVersion = parseFloat(app.version) is a more readable form for getting the version number...
Harbs

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Evert Nooijen.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: 27 January 1999 15:25
To: [email protected]
Subject: Running Escript from a UNIX script
I'm running a Korn Shell script that uses Escript to navigate down through
an applications sub agents to get to the LoadBalancingRouter agent. Now I
also need to get to the CommMgr agent in the same fashion. The problem I'm
having is that once I get to the InstalledPartition level , I need to get
to the ActivePartition level which requires the hex number as part of the
subagent name. I've figured out a way to get the subagent name using awk &
grep, but haven't been able to do it while I'm in escript. Basically I
need to find the subagent for the installed partition & pass that name to
the findsubagent command. Escript doesn't seem to understand grep or awk??
Does anyone have any ideas or have you done something like this before??
Doug Scurr
HealthPartners
8100 34th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309
(612)883-7317
<[email protected]>
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Escript is pretty dumb, in that it doesn't have any
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escript from a korn shell script also.
Basically, I make two passes when doing things with
escript in cases like this. One pass I send the
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Second pass, I awk/grep/whatever the info out of
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[email protected]
Unix Systems Administrator
Sentai Advanced Research Corp.
(780)423-3113 ext 42
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:35 AM
Subject: Running Escript from a UNIX script
I'm running a Korn Shell script that uses Escript to navigate down through
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findsubagent command. Escript doesn't seem to understand grep or awk??
Does anyone have any ideas or have you done something like this before??
Doug Scurr
HealthPartners
8100 34th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309
(612)883-7317
[email protected] <[email protected]>
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Running Escript from a UNIX script

I'm running a Korn Shell script that uses Escript to navigate down through
an applications sub agents to get to the LoadBalancingRouter agent. Now I
also need to get to the CommMgr agent in the same fashion. The problem I'm
having is that once I get to the InstalledPartition level , I need to get to
the ActivePartition level which requires the hex number as part of the
subagent name. I've figured out a way to get the subagent name using awk &
grep, but haven't been able to do it while I'm in escript. Basically I need
to find the subagent for the installed partition & pass that name to the
findsubagent command. Escript doesn't seem to understand grep or awk??
Does anyone have any ideas or have you done something like this before??
Doug Scurr
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8100 34th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309
(612)883-7317
[email protected] <[email protected]>

Escript is pretty dumb, in that it doesn't have any
looping or conditional expressions itself. I drive
escript from a korn shell script also.
Basically, I make two passes when doing things with
escript in cases like this. One pass I send the
commands to get the necessary info out of escript,
and redirect to a file.
Second pass, I awk/grep/whatever the info out of
the temporary file and use it to build another
set of escript commands to do the real work.
[email protected]
Unix Systems Administrator
Sentai Advanced Research Corp.
(780)423-3113 ext 42
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:35 AM
Subject: Running Escript from a UNIX script
I'm running a Korn Shell script that uses Escript to navigate down through
an applications sub agents to get to the LoadBalancingRouter agent. Now I
also need to get to the CommMgr agent in the same fashion. The problem I'm
having is that once I get to the InstalledPartition level , I need to getto
the ActivePartition level which requires the hex number as part of the
subagent name. I've figured out a way to get the subagent name using awk &
grep, but haven't been able to do it while I'm in escript. Basically I need
to find the subagent for the installed partition & pass that name to the
findsubagent command. Escript doesn't seem to understand grep or awk??
Does anyone have any ideas or have you done something like this before??
Doug Scurr
HealthPartners
8100 34th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309
(612)883-7317
[email protected] <[email protected]>
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'unsubscribe forte-users' as the body of the message.
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