<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Thanks for this information about how to get the network settings. I'm still at a loss as to how one goes about making the setting to DHCP. I've tried all kinds of techniques from:<BR>
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to various effort to "unlock" the control-settings.<BR>
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I think this is going to take some heavy-lifting/network guru type to figure this one out. Is there anyone else who's tried something like this before (setting the user's Networking Control panel to DHCP via Applescript) Perhaps I could pay someone to write a routine for me, if it can be done at all.<BR>
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In a message dated 10/1/02 6:07:20 PM, kray@sonsothunder.com writes:<BR>
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I don't know how to set the DHCP, but here's some AppleScript code that will<BR>
*get* the configuration method using the Network Setup scripting addition...<BR>
perhaps you can use this as a start:<BR>
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set configMethod to ""<BR>
set configName to ""<BR>
set cfg to ""<BR>
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tell application "Network Setup Scripting"<BR>
open database<BR>
set config to current configuration set<BR>
repeat with i from 1 to count of configuration of config<BR>
if (class of configuration i of config) is (TCPIP v4 configuration) then<BR>
set cfg to configuration i of config<BR>
set configName to name of config -- so you can check the name to see<BR>
if it's the right one<BR>
exit repeat<BR>
end if<BR>
end repeat<BR>
set configMethod to configuration method of cfg<BR>
close database<BR>
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-- Now, show it in the results window<BR>
get "Config name: " & configName & ", Method: " & configMethod<BR>
end tell<BR>
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When I ran this on my Mac, I got:<BR>
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Config name: My Network Settings, Method: manual<BR>
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(which is all correct, BTW).<BR>
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Note that this stops as soon as it hits a TCPIP configuration method (and<BR>
you may have many defined in the TCP/IP control panel), so you may need to<BR>
check "configName" to see if it is the right one before going on. Also, keep<BR>
in mind that configurations can be locked (I don't know how to get around<BR>
that at the moment)...<BR>
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Ken Ray<BR>
Sons of Thunder Software<BR>
Email: kray@sonsothunder.com<BR>
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/<BR>
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----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: <RGould8@aol.com><BR>
To: <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com><BR>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 3:35 PM<BR>
Subject: Anyone know how to set to use DHCP with Revolution?<BR>
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If I drag the Network Scripting file in Mac OS 9 to the Script Editor, I get<BR>
a whole Applescript dictionary of commands to control the user's Networking<BR>
preferences. What I'd like to do is somehow get Revolution to talk to<BR>
Applescript to then set the user's Network control panel to use DHCP.<BR>
Perhaps there's a way to get Revolution to access this directly?<BR>
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I've found the Network Scripting dictionary to be very confusing. Is there<BR>
a Networking guru on this list who can tell me what the secret commands are<BR>
within that dictionary to set the user's network control panel to DHCP?<BR>
Here's the vast array of commands:<BR>
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Class TCPIP v4 configuration: A TCP/IP v4 configuration<BR>
Plural form:<BR>
TCPIP v4 configurations<BR>
Elements:<BR>
router address by numeric index, as a range of elements<BR>
name server address by numeric index, as a range of elements<BR>
search domain by numeric index, as a range of elements<BR>
Properties:<BR>
<Inheritance> configuration -- See the class “configuration” for<BR>
more properties<BR>
connecting via Ethernet/MacIP/PPP -- the port or connection method<BR>
of<BR>
this configuration...<BR>
connecting via string -- ...or a port name (may be locked)<BR>
configuration method BootP/DHCP/MacIP manual/MacIP<BR>
server/manual/RARP/PPP server -- the configuration method of this<BR>
configuration (may be locked)<BR>
IP address string -- the IP address of this configuration (may be<BR>
locked)<BR>
subnet mask string -- the IP subnet mask of this configuration (may<BR>
be locked)<BR>
implicit search start string -- the implicit starting search domain<BR>
of this configuration (may be locked)<BR>
implicit search end string -- the implicit ending search domain of<BR>
this configuration (may be locked)<BR>
DHCP client ID string -- applies only if the configuration method is<BR>
DHCP (may be locked)<BR>
MacIP server zone string -- only applies if ‘connecting via’ is<BR>
MacIP (may be locked)<BR>
uses IEEE8023 boolean -- Does this configuration use the 802.3<BR>
protocol? (may be locked)<BR>
protocol TCPIP v4 [r/o] -- the protocol of this configuration (the<BR>
constant ‘TCPIP v4’)<BR>
administration password string -- the password of this configuration<BR>
(write only)<BR>
user mode basic/advanced/administration -- the user mode of this<BR>
configuration<BR>
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