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The minimal scripting example now actually works.

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Jack Jansen 2003-04-01 22:30:23 +00:00
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@ -14,15 +14,9 @@ <h1>Controlling other Applications from MacPython</h1>
<p>Python has a fairly complete implementation of the Open Scripting
Architecure (OSA, also commonly referred to as AppleScript), allowing
you to control scriptable applications from your Python program,
and with a fairly pythonic interface. The following pieces of
AppleScript and Python are rougly identical (XXXX Not true right now!):</p>
and with a fairly pythonic interface. This piece of
Python:</p>
<blockquote><tt><pre>
tell application "Finder"
get name of window 1
end tell
</pre></tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt><pre>
import Finder
@ -30,6 +24,14 @@ <h1>Controlling other Applications from MacPython</h1>
print f.get(Finder.window(1).name)
</pre></tt></blockquote>
<p>is identical to the following piece of AppleScript:</p>
<blockquote><tt><pre>
tell application "Finder"
get name of window 1
end tell
</pre></tt></blockquote>
<p>To send AppleEvents to an application you must first create the Python
modules interfacing to the terminology of the application (what
<tt>Script Editor</tt> calls the "Dictionary"). Use the IDE menu command