[Pythonmac-SIG] obj in MacPython and Appscript

[Zhi Peng]

Hi! All

 

First of all, thanks for all your answers to my qestions.

 

1.

When I used appscript, I often try to print out the object or string while I debug the program. For example:

cs = app('TextEdit').documents[1].paragraphs[1]
print cs
I assumed that cs should be anObject of paragraphs. 
But it print out as 
 
app('TextEdit').documents[1].paragraphs[1]
 
instead of specific python object. If one would like to get the actual 
reference of the paragraphs[1] object, what should I do? Anyone knew?
if one uses following, it may get sth for 'TextEdit'
app('TextEdit').documents[1].paragraphs[1].get()
 
But some other application does not have 'get' for documents[1] or 
paragraphs[1]. In this case, is there way that I can catch the object?
 
For example, in Adobe InDesign CS2, I could!
  have
 
 
cs = app('Adobe InDesign CS2')
doc=cs.open("mydoc.indd") <--- just example 
doc = cs.active_document
page = doc.pages[1]
print page                  <----- this does not show object
anObject=page.get()  <----- this may raise exception
 
2. By the way, I get a little confused with following command 

application.make(...) -- Make a new element

• [new=Type] -- The class of the item to be created
• [at=InsertionRef] -- The location at which to insert the item
• [with_data=Record] -- The initial data for the item
• [with_properties=Record] -- Initial values for properties of the new object
• Result: Reference -- The new object(s)

I guess that 'new' may be sth like new=text_frame or new=document
at=cs.documents[1].sth
What was the with_data=Record and with_properties?  

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