Re: Evaluating Double Byte
Re: Evaluating Double Byte
- Subject: Re: Evaluating Double Byte
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:47:52 -0500
Why are you generating AppleScript source code? Just write the script
separately, design it to take the text to insert as a parameter, and
run it from your app. There's rarely a good reason to spit out new
code dynamically like this...
On 2/5/08, email@hidden <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> has <email@hidden> wrote: On 5 Feb 2008, at 20:42, wrote:
>
> > Does anybody know of a means to evaluate a double byte character
> > without using the chevron notation i.e.:
> >
> > «data utxt1603»
>
> Depends what you mean by "double byte character". Hex string? unichar?
> Sounds like you're trying to do code generation of some sort, which
> for most problems is the wrong solution anyway. More information would
> be helpful.
>
> has
> --
> http://appscript.sourceforge.net
> http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org
>
> Sure, I am using my main application to pull data to be inserted in a Word
> Document.
>
> thus pulling dynamic text in insert into preformed applescript code i.e.
>
> insert text "pulled text from db here" at text object of selection
>
> This works fine until I come across any Japanese, Chinese, ect. languages,
> which I can test if they are and then wrap them in code such as:
>
> insert text "pulled text " & «data utxt1575» as Unicode text & "from db
> here" at text object of selection
>
> however, when the NSApplescript event attempts to pass that to applescript,
> it seems to not recognize the chevrons. It will replace them with what
> looks like a different character.
>
> not sure if this was what you were looking for (nor if I made a lot of sense
> for that matter ;) ), but it seems I need to find a way to pass the string
> to applescript without using the chevrons.
>
> Thanks for looking at it!
>
> Brian
>
> Works fine and dandy with low ASCII, or pre 2004 word, but wh
>
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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