1.4 Using OSA Menu with OS 9
I mentioned previously that you can
run AppleScripts from within Script Editor or save them as applets
that can be double-clicked. In Mac OS 9, an application called OSA
Menu gives you a third script running option. OSA Menu is a non-Apple
system extension that you can install from the OS 9 installation
CD-ROM (you can find it in the folder CD Extras:AppleScript
Extras). OSA Menu adds its own menu to the upper-right
corner of the OS 9 Finder or desktop. Figure 1-9
shows the OSA Menu after it has been activated.
The OSA Menu shows a list of compiled scripts that can be run
straight from the desktop by choosing their filenames from the menu.
OSA Menu will show the scripts that are stored in the following
folder in OS 9: startup disk:System
Folder:Scripts:Universal Scripts. To run properly from
this menu, however, the AppleScripts have to be saved in Script
Editor as compiled scripts, not applets. Chapter 2
contains more information on these script-saving options.
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