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Re: Not seeing AppleScript dictionary
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Re: Not seeing AppleScript dictionary


  • Subject: Re: Not seeing AppleScript dictionary
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:20:02 +1000

On 10/6/03 10:35 AM +1000, Stan Cleveland, email@hidden, wrote:

> I'm having a problem that is occurring frequently and predictably with a
> variety of applications. In certain circumstances, an application's
> dictionary appears to be inaccessible. The problem can be shown with the
> following script:
>
> tell application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
> set theInfo to horizontal measure of default document 1
> activate
> display dialog theInfo as text
> end tell
>
> When run (in OS 9, of course) from Script Editor the dialog displays
> "inches". Saved as an applet in the startup items folder, after rebooting
> the dialog displays "<<constant ****UINC>>". Similar results can be obtained
> using any application that returns application keywords (as opposed to
> literals like strings or integers) as a script result.
>
> The problem showed up a month or two ago. Any solution or workaround for
> this frustrating bugaboo would be much appreciated.

What you're seeing is the way AS works. Application keywords aren't saved
with applets; the raw codes are only converted to the keywords when you open
the script in an editor. So you have do something like:

tell application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
set theInfo to horizontal measure of default document 1
if theInfo = inches then
set theInfo to "inches"
else if ...
...
end if
activate
display dialog theInfo as text
end tell


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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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