Re: iTunes 2, Scriptability and OS 9.1
Re: iTunes 2, Scriptability and OS 9.1
- Subject: Re: iTunes 2, Scriptability and OS 9.1
- From: Craig Treleaven <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:26:33 -0500
Just for interest...if you drag and drop iTunes onto Script Editor 1.5.5, the dictionary opens. Also, if you create a Finder alias and use SE's Open Dictionary... command, it will.
Craig
At 7:45 AM -0500 2001/11/14, Bill Briggs wrote:
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The iTunes dictionary won't show up in Script Editor on OS 9.1, but
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it's still scriptable in OS 9.1, even with very old versions of
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Script Editor. I'm not 100% sure about the reason for the dictionray
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not showing, but it may be as subtle as this. Up to this point, in
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scriptable applications the resource that holds the AppleScript
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dictionary is the "aete" resource (and case matters). In iTunes 2 the
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AppleScript dictionary is in an "AETE" resource, and there is no
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"aete" resource.
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I suspect that versions of Script Editor prior to the one shipping
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with 9.2.1 do not look for an "AETE" resource and when they don't
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find the "aete" resource they assume that there's no dictionary. If
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this is not the right reason, maybe Chris will correct me.
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Fortunately all of the third party editors are smarter than that.
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Scripter, Script Debugger, and Smile all open the "AETE" and present
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a dictionary.
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