Using services

Hi,
an application I use does not have a dictionary but an entry in the
Services menu. Can I somehow use that? Pass a string and get a result?

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Tobias Weber

In article <uce-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Gregory Weston <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Is that right?

Yes

> If so, the answer to the best of my knowledge is "no."

--
Tobias Weber

In article <uce-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Gregory Weston <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> You have an application. The application does not export any AppleScript
> functionality, but it *does* put a utility in the system's Services menu
> and you'd like to know if there's a way you can invoke that service from
> AppleScript such that it will manipulate data you've got in a desirable
> way.

The point is something like
http://gild.wordpress.com/2006/12/07...available-now/ for
Office 2008

<http://developer.apple.com/documenta...SysServices/Ta
sks/using.html> has NSPerformService which should be useable from AS
Studio or via the command line utility included with
http://software.jessies.org/salma-hayek/

I'll experiment

--
Tobias Weber

Vous lisez mes messages et vous faites bien. Le 13/02/08 16:34, Jolly Roger
a écrit*:

> In article <towb-(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Tobias Weber <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> In article <uce-(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> Gregory Weston <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> You have an application. The application does not export any AppleScript
>>> functionality, but it *does* put a utility in the system's Services menu
>>> and you'd like to know if there's a way you can invoke that service from
>>> AppleScript such that it will manipulate data you've got in a desirable
>>> way.
>>
>> The point is something like
>> http://gild.wordpress.com/2006/12/07...available-now/ for
>> Office 2008
>>
>> <http://developer.apple.com/documenta...SysServices/Ta
>> sks/using.html> has NSPerformService which should be useable from AS
>> Studio or via the command line utility included with
>> http://software.jessies.org/salma-hayek/
>>
>> I'll experiment
>
> It's obvious AppleScript isn't the best way to do what you want. You
> should explore using Cocoa instead, IMO.

What about the System Events scripting? Maybe it's not the sexiest way but
you can sometimes do wonders with them. It's like clicking a Menu item and
then filling a field in a window, isn't it?

--
Jean-Marie

« Mi ricordo che un giorno... in mezzo a noi venne un tipo... che ogni cosa
pensava giusto e la fonte della vita era in lui disse una frase... mi rimase
impressa: "Alzati ...e cammina!"... » (Adriano Celentano, «Cammino»)