Hi John- If you are on Leopard, try taking a look at the documentation for the following method:
- (id)newScriptingObjectOfClass:(Class)class forValueForKey:(NSString *)key withContentsValue:(id)contentsValue properties:(NSDictionary *)properties; The Cocoa Scripting Guide refers to the Leopard Foundation Release Notes in a number of places for the latest info, and that I where I found out about this method (http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/Cocoa/Foundation.html#Scripting). In short, one implements this method on the containing object, which then allows you to read the properties dictionary and configure your newly made object before it gets added (via insertObject:in<Key>AtIndex:) to the container object. There is a lot of new scripting material in those release notes; should be helpful to your scripting efforts. Hope this helps! John Positive Spin Media http://www.positivespinmedia.com On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:11:19 -0800, John Nairn <[email protected]> wrote: > I have implemented the required methods to support creating an object > in Apple Script, but it does not work as advertised. > > This does work as expected > > tell front document > make new family at end > tell last family > set properties to {husband:"@I5@"} > end tell > end tell > > This creates the object but does NOT set the properties > > tell front document > make new family at end with properties {husband:"@I5@"} > end tell > > The family objects are tied to key-value methods using <key> = > famRecords in my suite and the method getting called by both these > make commands is > > - (void)insertInFamRecords:(id)object > > where object is the correct FAMRecord type. If "set properties to" > works on an existing object, shouldn't it work when creating a new > one? Do have to manuul find a way to override the make command? > > Curiously this method of form insertIn<Key>Records: is not even > mentioned in the "Key-Value Coding and Cocoa Scripting" section of > the "Cocoa Scripting Guide." I had to find it by an error message in > the Console before it was present. > > --------------- > John Nairn > GEDitCOM - Genealogy Software for the Macintosh > http://www.geditcom.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
