Search Again: Re: Scripting From: Men & Mice Support Date: Friday, May 3, 2002 Time: 4:22:58 pm At 11:54 PM -0700 5/2/02, Aaron Lynch wrote: >Chris, o' applescript god.... > > >I need to make a script, that has a list of SOME of my domains, deletes all >the MX records and then creates new ones with the domain in the record >(domain.com.provider.com) > >I was going to set the domain into a property but I got stuck very early on: > >property domains : "test1.com" Note: The type of "domains" is "string". >repeat with domain in domains Note: Since "domain" iterates through a string value, its type is "character". Its successive values will be 't, 'e, 's, 't, etc. > tell application "QuickDNS Manager for OS X" > activate > open zone (domain as string) > end tell >end repeat > > >I get the error message: > >'t doesn't understand the open message' Change the first line as follows: property domains : {"test1.com"} That makes it a list of 1 item, a string. Then "domain" becomes a string, "test1.com". I'm pretty sure that will work - if it doesn't, try adding a dot to the end of the zone name. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy Visit the Men & Mice booth (#2525) at NetWorld+Interop in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 7-9. http://www.key3media.com/interop/lv2002/index.php

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