iTunes 2, Scriptability and OS 9.1
iTunes 2, Scriptability and OS 9.1
- Subject: iTunes 2, Scriptability and OS 9.1
- From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:45:16 -0400
The iTunes dictionary won't show up in Script Editor on OS 9.1, but
it's still scriptable in OS 9.1, even with very old versions of
Script Editor. I'm not 100% sure about the reason for the dictionray
not showing, but it may be as subtle as this. Up to this point, in
scriptable applications the resource that holds the AppleScript
dictionary is the "aete" resource (and case matters). In iTunes 2 the
AppleScript dictionary is in an "AETE" resource, and there is no
"aete" resource.
I suspect that versions of Script Editor prior to the one shipping
with 9.2.1 do not look for an "AETE" resource and when they don't
find the "aete" resource they assume that there's no dictionary. If
this is not the right reason, maybe Chris will correct me.
Fortunately all of the third party editors are smarter than that.
Scripter, Script Debugger, and Smile all open the "AETE" and present
a dictionary.
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