Outrageously slow AppleScript performance

[Bill Vlahos]

Yes, I am on Mavericks. It does require authorization as you described but even that takes 20 seconds to be prompted and once I grant it permission it still takes 1 to 2 minutes to run.

In looking at this command line steps I wouldn’t expect it to work because it is specifically looking for the applet. In my case the LiveCode app is sending the script. There is no applet in the traditional sense. I wonder if pointing it to the LiveCode engine would do the same thing.

Thanks for the feedback and confirmation. I’ll ask LiveCode support about it.

Bill Vlahos

On Oct 1, 2014, at 11:29 AM, zryip theSlug <zryip.theslug at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill,
> 
> On Maverick?
> 
> I have no problem controlling MS Excel by executing AS scripts within LiveCode.
> 
> I tried your script on Maverick and I can confirm it is very slow. The
> first time I executed it, iCal requested an authorization for the
> calendar to be modified by LiveCode.
> 
> So, after a quick search, I found this link:
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5914?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
> 
> It seems that applets must be signed to be authorized to control
> others applications. The problem is may be in the communication
> between LiveCode and  iCal because of a security layer. I tried to
> follow the steps described in the Apple tech notes but without
> success.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com> 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?
>> 
>> Here is the AppleScript. It makes an event at the date and time and gets info on it so that it is ready to add addresses and send out. The finished stack will show how to modify the newly created meeting and delete it. I plan on doing the same functions for Outlook on the Mac as a way to compare them.
>> 
>> set calendarName to "Work"
>> set theSummary to "Title of the event goes here 0775-4944"
>> set theDescrption to "Description of event goes here."
>> --set theLocation to ""
>> set startDate to "October 1, 2014 9:30:00 AM"
>> set endDate to "October 1, 2014 1:00:00 PM"
>> 
>> set startDate to date startDate
>> set endDate to date endDate
>> 
>> tell application "Calendar"
>>        activate
>>        tell (first calendar whose name is calendarName)
>>                set vEventInfo to make new event at end of events with properties {summary:theSummary, start date:startDate, end date:endDate, description:theDescrption}
>>                copy uid to cID --
>>                copy vEventInfo's uid to eID --this works
>>                save
>>        end tell
>>        reload calendars
>>        view calendar at startDate
>>        show vEventInfo
>> end tell
>> set the clipboard to eID
>> 
>> --display dialog "Event " & eID & " of Calendar " & cID
>> tell application "System Events"
>>        tell process "Calendar"
>>                keystroke "i" using command down
>>        end tell
>> end tell
>> 
>> Bill Vlahos
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