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Re: Getting raw AE codes
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Re: Getting raw AE codes


  • Subject: Re: Getting raw AE codes
  • From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 22:44:00 -0800

At 18:42 +0100 1/2/2003, Jan Erik Mostrvm wrote:
>2003-01-02 13:05: Emmanuel <email@hidden> is believed to have typed:
>
>> f you have Smile, its "tell ..." feature does that. Under OS9 search
>> Smile help for "portability". Under OSX open Smile help and click
>> "The 'Scripting' menu".
>
>Yes, Smile is what I currently used but perhaps I'm missing something
>here but if I try to translate the following command (BBEdit)
>
>get file of text window 1
>
>I get
>
>get file of +class TxtW; 1
>
>which, from what I understand, isn't raw AE code. This should look like
>the code John Baxter posted (I unfortunately doesn't own Script Debugger
>and I'm running OS X). Am I missing something here?


Well, they are different representations of the same essential thing. Each
has to be interpreted to get what you want. For your particular purpose,
AEPrint probably comes closer to what you want.

AEPrint began long ago (under a table in the closet [1]) as a way of
outputting Apple Event Manager structures to text in a way another tool
could rebuild them as Apple Event Manager structures. It has cycled from
deprecated to almost official and back a few times.

[1] Jens must have been really uncomfortable working that way. ;-)

--John

--
John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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