On 2 Apr, 10:40, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oolon Colluphid wrote: > > hi, > > i need access to application attributes of IM (like Adium, aMsn, MS > > Messenger) on Mac platform via appscript module. > > once instantiated the application object with: app=app("Adium") > > i don't know how recover information like status, and i have find no > > references. > > Use the appscript examples + the OS X script-editor to see what scriptable > properties exactly the IM-application offers.
You can also use ASDictionary (http://appscript.sourceforge.net/ tools.html) to export application dictionaries in appscript format. As an added bonus, installing ASDictionary allows you to use appscript's built-in help method to explore application dictionaries and object models from the interactive python interpreter. HTH has -- Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC: http://appscript.sourceforge.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list