Re: How To Read a Dictionary
Re: How To Read a Dictionary
- Subject: Re: How To Read a Dictionary
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:51:17 -0800
- Thread-topic: How To Read a Dictionary
On 3/5/06 11:36 AM, "Marconi" <email@hidden> wrote:
> At 2:12 PM -0500 3/5/06, Bill Cheeseman sent email regarding Re: How
> To Read a Dictionary:
>> on 2006-03-05 11:18 AM, Marconi at email@hidden wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to recall that one could read an
>>> application's dictionary by dropping the app on Script Editor or via
>>> the Open Dictionary menu item. Has this changed?
>>
>> No. Any scriptable application's dictionary should open when you do either
>> of those things. Assuming it has a dictionary.
>>
>> However, some applications have to launch themselves before Script Editor
>> can read their dictionaries. If there's something preventing the application
>> from launching, you might not be able to read its dictionary.
>
> Interesting, but I tried that too and it did not help.
>
> The app in question is Men and Mice Management Console, for managing
> a Men & Mice Suite DNS/DHCP server. It's the successor to their Quick
> DNS Pro product. If you're curious, go to
> <http://www.menandmice.com/5000/5200_downl_mmsuite_smb.html> and it's
> the first listed download.
Where do you see anything about it being a scriptable application? Neither
the User Guide nor Release Notes pdf documents has any instance of
"AppleScript" nor "scriptable".
AppleScript must be specifically implemented by the developers in order for
an app to be scriptable - even Cocoa apps (if that's what this is anyway -
are you sure?) Otherwise, all apps respond only to run, open, and quit.
activate and launch will work too.
I think what you've discovered is that this app is in fact not scriptable.
You might be able to get a certain amount of mileage out of it via "GUI
Scripting", however, particularly if it _is_ Cocoa.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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