Getting dictionary of app (was: Getting label from a record)
Getting dictionary of app (was: Getting label from a record)
- Subject: Getting dictionary of app (was: Getting label from a record)
- From: EBI Aktivitet <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:17:59 +0100
Den 03-11-19 03.10, skrev "Nigel Garvey"
<email@hidden>:
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Christopher Nebel wrote on Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:53:41 -0800:
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> Not to dampen your spirits, since some of you seem to having a lot of
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> fun with this (for some definition of "fun"), but when AppleScript
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> doesn't provide a straightforward way to do something, you should
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> consider an alternate technique, if possible.
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> In this case, think about why you need to get the labels of a record.
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> Is it absolutely necessary to start with a record? If the answer is
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> "yes", because, say, you're getting it from somewhere else that you
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> don't control, then you're more or less stuck for it.
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I did think of suggesting reading the application's dictionary entry for
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'document', but I decided to assume the poster knew what he was doing. ;-)
Well, after following the posts of you guys, I'm not so sure I know what I'm
doing... ;-)
Just to prove my point, I'll ask you the, for you, obvious. How do I get the
dictionary of an app? Tried <<class aete>> which in deed gets me the text
"application dictionary", but how do I get the contents of the dict? I'm
sure you realise I need the stuff in a variable. I would be happy to do it
all in vanilla, since I'm trying to avoid OSAX for this app. Even if I'm a
bit daft, I do know how to open the dict in a AS editor, what I'm after is
how to get the text of the dict loaded in a variable, so I can chop it to
pieces, just like you helped me chop up a record.
I'll post the reasons for my getting label and dictionary needs in a
separate mail, since this question has been put, both in and off list :-)
Yours humbly, Adim
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