OK, so I found the Script Editor (in the Utilities folder of all places...)
Not only is my app not in the dictionary, but when I click "Browse..." it doesn't let me select it. On Jul 6, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Daniel Israel wrote: > > I can't seem to find Script Editor. I have latest xcode/iphone SDK > installed, but doesn't seem to be anywhere on my system. > > On Jul 6, 2010, at 10:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> On 2010-07-05 19:26 , Daniel Israel wrote: >>> I don't know how to tell if it's "scriptable". I am guessing not, but >>> how could I tell? >> >> open Script Editor, and choose File > Open Dictionary ... >> >> the list of applications you see includes those the system "knows" to be >> scriptable; if yours doesn't appear here, click Browse and find your >> application; when you open it, it will either show you a window with a >> dictionary of AppleScript commands, or you will get an alert "Unable to read >> the dictionary of the application or extension because it is not scriptable" >> >> in the latter case, AppleScript won't help; in the former case, look at the >> dictionary to see if they types of commands you'd need are present; if so, >> you could use AppleScript and some related techniques to do your task; it >> will still take some work -- a quick search will lead you to better >> AppleScript resources than this list; also try Apple's mailing list: >> >> <http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users> >> >> >>> It does not seem to work when I drop a video file on >>> it, and no concept of "watched folder". Sounds like I am SOL, eh? >> >> well, that rules out some of the simpler means; if the application is >> shell-based, there's still a possibility that you could do it with a shell >> script -- you'd need a man page or support from the application's developer >> for that >> >> as a last resort, you might be able to use a crude technique called "GUI >> scripting" to drive a non-scriptable application -- here's one of several >> guides on that topic: >> >> <http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/uiscripting/index.html> >> >> i don't enjoy GUI scripting _at all_, but it can make the otherwise >> impossible possible; here's a great tool for working with GUI scripting -- >> the free trial should be all you need to figure out if that's the way you >> want to go: >> >> <http://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser/index.html> >> >> (standard disclaimer) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > -D. Israel > [email protected] > http://www.customcodebydan.com > AIM: JudoDanIzz > > If a dozen smart, successful people who've achieved something great are all > giving the same advice, take it. > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk -D. Israel [email protected] http://www.customcodebydan.com AIM: JudoDanIzz If a dozen smart, successful people who've achieved something great are all giving the same advice, take it.
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