Re: How to trigger scripts
Re: How to trigger scripts
- Subject: Re: How to trigger scripts
- From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:54:25 +1100
on 29/11/2008 17:39 , Christian Boyce at email@hidden wrote:
> I have a simple script that takes address information from Apple's
> Address Book and turns it into an envelope in Pages. Ideally I'd
> trigger that script from a button in the Address Book toolbar but as
> far as I can tell, I can't add a button to the toolbar.
>
> I know that I can add a script to the Scripts menu but that is a
> little messy and not as pretty as a button in Address Book's toolbar.
>
> Maybe I need to make a little floating palette with buttons that
> trigger scripts. If I go that route, I'll need to learn Xcode or at
> least part of it, right? What is the easiest/fastest way to do it? (A
> simple Display Dialog is not going to be enough for this project.)
You want to create an Address Book plug-in. This will put an entry in the pop-up menu against an address, which you can then select to run your script.
See further down on:
<http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.21/21.10/ScriptingAddressBook/index.html>
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Matthew Smith
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