It depends on the application. Since Apple developed both iTunes &
AddressBook, they may be using "secret" native(Objective-C) hooks in
their plugin, however, nothing keeps you from accessing an
application via AppleScript. iTunes has a large library of
AppleScript functions that you can access via a widget. The
AddressBook's Objective-C APIs are well documented by Apple & in the
ADC Reference Library on your machine if you installed XCode. Other
applications also expose behavior via AppleScript that you can
harness. If you have a widget that interacts with an application you
developed, you may prefer to use native APIs instead of AppleScript.
You can feel free to build a plug-in using either language plus Cocoa-
Java! The choice really comes down to one of preferred language &
accessibility to an API that meets your widget's requirements.
On May 13, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Freyer Dominik wrote:
Hi there,
I read the complete documentation from Apple about Widgets and
found, that, if you want to control an Application like iTunes or
the Adressbook you will need a Plug-in and I understand how to use
the Plug-in from the Widget. But I couldn't find information how to
control the Application from the Plug-in. Is it done with
Applescript or are there any secret Cocoa Interfaces? How does
Apple for example control iTunes with the itunes-widget-plugin or
Adressbook with the Adressbook-widget-plugin? Am I blind to some
detail?
Thanks for your help
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