Creating New DNS Records with AppleScript

Re: Creating New DNS Records with AppleScript

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OK, here's a tested example:
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property theZone : "example.com."
property theMaster : "ns1.example.com."

tell application "QuickDNS Manager 4.0"
make new zone with properties {name:theZone, master server:theMaster}
tell document of zone theZone
make new A record at the end with properties {name:"www", IP
address:"192.168.1.1"}
end tell
end tell
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Some things to note:

- All fully-qualified names must end with dots. For example, the two
names defined in the script properties at the top wouldn't work
without the dots on the end. The "make new zone" step would work
without a dot on the end of the value of theZone, but the following
step doesn't work that way.

- As it turns out, at least with version 4, you don't need to open
the zone after creating it. Just address the newly-opened zone window.
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Chris Buxton Men & Mice
support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy

At 2:05 PM -0500 9/9/02, quickdns-talk wrote:
>Thanks for the response. Let me take the liberty of being more specific
>about the problem. I have a script as you have outlined below, and I am
>getting an error on the "make new A record at end with properties..." line.
>To be more precise it comes back stating that "a descriptor type mismatch
>has occurred". This is true if I have that line item looking like:
>
>make new A record at end with properties {full name:"www.domain.com.",
>type:"A", data:"209.152.51.23"}
>
>...or even just...
>
>make new A record at end with properties {data:"209.152.51.23"}
>
>What descriptor syntax is AppleScript expecting from QuickDNS? There is
>something I am not understanding about the QuickDNS AppleScript properties.
>I also note that the AppleScript "record" feature does not appear to work
>with QuickDNS. I am using QuickDNS Manager for OS X 3.5. I greatly
>appreciate any assistance.
>
>- Steve
>
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>Re: Creating New DNS Records with AppleScript
>
>From: Men & Mice Support
>Date: 9/9/2002
>Time: 10:16:41 AM
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>After you create the zone, you must open it. The 'open' command
>returns a document reference. Therefore, you might try something like
>this:
>tell application...
>make new zone...
>tell document (open zone theZone)
>make new A record at end with properties...
>end tell
>end tell
>That's just an off-the-cuff idea. I may have misremembered some
>details. Look in the scripts we included with QuickDNS Manager 3.5.x
>for more ideas.
>____________________________________________________________________
>Chris Buxton Men & Mice
>support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy
>At 5:01 AM -0500 9/9/02, dns wrote:
>>I have more than 5,000 domains in a database that I need to enter into our
>>name server. I have tried to do this with AppleScript, but I cannot get it
>>to work completely. I have referred to the examples with QuickDNS Pro. I
>>can create the new zone file alright, using :
>>
>>tell application "QuickDNS Manager for OS X"
>> activate
>> make new zone with properties {name:"domain.com.", master
>>server:"ns1.domain.com.", slave servers:"ns1.domain.com.", type:master,
>>enabled:yes}
>>end tell
>>
>>..but I am unable to enter any new records (A records especially). I have
>>tried things like:
>>
>>tell application "QuickDNS Manager for OS X"
>> activate
>> make new zone with properties {name:"domain.com.", master
>>server:"ns1.domain.com.", slave servers:"ns1.domain.com.", type:master,
>>enabled:yes}
>> make new A record at after (the last NS record whose name is
>>"ns1.domain.com.") with properties =AC
>> {name:"www.domain.com.", data:"209.152.51.23"}
>>end tell
>>
>>..and it keeps coming back with an error saying "Can't get some object." I
> >know you probably cannot give AppleScript support, but it would appear that
>>the QuickDNS Pro Suite has an unusual requirememt, unless I'm being stupid
>>again. Can you help at all?
>>
>>I own a registered copy of QuickDNS Pro version 3.5 (serial
>>QDNS-aaac-abf5-aede-xs8n). Thanks.
>>
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