Re: Sending non-string parameters to an AppleScript [SOLVED]
Re: Sending non-string parameters to an AppleScript [SOLVED]
- Subject: Re: Sending non-string parameters to an AppleScript [SOLVED]
- From: Jeremy Dronfield <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:34:47 +0100
On 23 Jul 2006, at 3:58 pm, Jeremy Dronfield wrote:
I'm calling an AppleScript using NSAppleScript and
NSAppleEventDescriptor. Part of the the purpose of the script is to
set the positions of the icons in a Finder window. My problem is in
working out how to pass a parameter (in this case a point) which
isn't an NSString, since +[NSAppleEventDescriptor
descriptorWithString:] seems to be the only way of passing an Obj-C
data type. In desperation I've tried using:
[NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithString:NSStringFromPoint
(NSMakePoint(100, 100))]
and coercing the parameter to a point in the script with:
set position of item fileRef of windowRef to (newPosition as point)
but it doesn't work. I get an error: "{100, 100}" cannot be
converted to type point. Surely it must be possible to pass a point
(and other data types) to an AppleScript? If so, how?
Well, it turns out the easy way to do it is to use Ken Ferry's
KFASHandlerAdditions-TypeTranslation set of categories. Apologies for
the noise.
Jeremy
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