On 12 Mar 2010, at 16:56, David Alter wrote: > I need the ability to call an AppleScript from a Cocoa Application. I have > done this in the past using NSAppleScript and it works great. This time I > need to call the "on run" and pass in parameters. That I have not done. I > looked at the following Tech note Technical Note TN2084: Using AppleScript > Scripts in Cocoa > Applications<http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2006/tn2084.html#TNTAG5> > and > it talks about running a subroutine in apple script and passing in > parameters. The example I have been able to get working, but if I try and > call the run method it does not work. I suspect it is the event parameter > that is incorrect. > > Here is code. It is basically the same code that was in the tech note but it > is calling "run" as appose to "sow_message". Run is a reserved word and > clearly acts differently. > > NSAppleEventDescriptor* handler = > > [NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithString: > > [@"run" lowercaseString]]; //here is where I'm trying to setup the > subroutine to call > > NSAppleEventDescriptor* event = > > [NSAppleEventDescriptor appleEventWithEventClass:kASAppleScriptSuite > > eventID:kASSubroutineEvent //I suspect that this eventID is not correct. > > targetDescriptor:target > > returnID:kAutoGenerateReturnID > > transactionID:kAnyTransactionID]; > > [event setParamDescriptor:handler forKeyword:keyASSubroutineName]; //I > suspect that this is not needed or is incorrect > > [event setParamDescriptor:parameters forKeyword:keyDirectObject]; > > Try sending the open application event. Should do the trick. The run handler can take parameters if desire.
theEvent = [self appleEventWithEventClass:kCoreEventClass eventID:kAEOpenApplication targetDescriptor:aTargetDescriptor returnID:kAutoGenerateReturnID transactionID:kAnyTransactionID]; Regards Jonathan Mitchell Developer http://www.mugginsoft.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
