Search Again: Re: Automating DNS - Again From: Men & Mice Support Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2000 Time: 7:37:00 am At 10:33 PM -0800 1/4/2000, Jesse Williams Proudman wrote: >Not sure if you remember me but here's my script to automate dns. Can you >make this any quicker? > >tell application "QuickDNS Pro Admin" > activate > make new document > set name of SOA of document 1 to "[domain]." > set primary of SOA of document 1 to "ns1.ninewire." > set admin of SOA of document 1 to "hostmaster@ninewire.com." > make new NS record at end of document 1 with properties >{name:"[domain].", server name:ns1.ninewire.com."} > make new NS record at end of document 1 with properties >{name:"[domain].", server name:"ns2.ninewire.com."} > make new MX record at end of document 1 with properties >{name:"[domain].", mailhost name:"revolution.ninewire.com.", >preference:"10"} > make new MX record at end of document 1 with properties >{name:"[domain].", mailhost name:"twister.ninewire.com.", preference:"20"} > make new A record at end of document 1 with properties >{name:"[domain].", IP number:"209.43.195.246"} > make new A record at end of document 1 with properties >{name:"www.[domain].", IP number:"209.43.195.246"} > make new A record at end of document 1 with properties >{name:"mail.[domain].", IP number:"209.43.195.246"} > close document 1 saving yes in file "Path:to:save:[domain]." >end tell > >Any ideas? Thanks No, I don't see how to make it any faster. What OS are you using? (Recent versions of AppleScript are considerably faster - 8.5 and later, as I recall.) You might try removing the "activate" step - this would save app switching time. I do see some problems with the script. First, the obvious typo: Line 5 (set admin...) - it should end with "ns1.ninewire.com.". Aside from that, there is a problem of multithreadedness. For this reason, instead of address "document 1", change line 3 to this: set theDomain to (make new document) Then in your "set", "make", and "close" lines, address theDomain instead of document 1. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: Automating DNS - Again by Jesse Proudman on Jan 5, 2000 at 6:33:00 am Re: Automating DNS - Again by Men & Mice Support on Jan 5, 2000 at 7:37:00 am