Re: Stuck trying to use creatorid to control IE
Re: Stuck trying to use creatorid to control IE
- Subject: Re: Stuck trying to use creatorid to control IE
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:11:33 -0800
On 12/11/02 10:53 AM, "Emmanuel" <email@hidden> wrote:
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At 11:58 AM -0500 11/12/02, email@hidden wrote:
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> set creaType to "MSIE"
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> tell application "Finder" to open application file id creaType
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> tell application "Finder" to set appOfMine to (the first process whose
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> creator type is (creaType as type class)) as <<class psn >>
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> tell application appOfMine
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> set theSource to <<event MSIEORC>>
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> display dialog "source = " & theSource
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> end tell
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> When in the script editor, I've got my << and >>'s replaced with actual
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> chevron characters using the option-\ keys. However, when I try to compile,
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> Script Editor seems to get hung up on these <<class psn >> and <<event
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> MSIEORC>> calls.
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1. You don't need that coercion to <<class psn >>. Use just its name
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(name of first process blah blah), or its path (application file id
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creaType).
Right.
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2. Your event code "MSIEORC" should be 2 x 4 = 8 characters. For some
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reason here I get only 7. If such is your script, then the "expected
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expression" is normal.
He left out a character I gave him: "MSIESORC" = 8 characters. Usual source
of AppleScript errors: typos.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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