On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:25:01 -0500, Ronald Ramdhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Hey Everyone, > I am working on a project where I would like to control external >programs from within my Cocoa Application. For example, the ability to >control a program like PowerPoint from within my code. > > Is there anyway to do this programmatically without the use of Apple >Script?
Certainly. You can do it with Objective-C (through the Scripting Bridge), or Ruby, or Python, or raw Apple events... or... What you *can't* do it without it Apple *events*. AppleScript is just a language. But Apple events are the system-level interapplication communication mechanism on Mac. Since this is the mechanism in existence when PowerPoint was written, it is the mechanism to which PowerPoint conforms. Apple events, however, are language-neutral; they don't care how you created and sent them. See Appendix B of my book (and my online article about replacing AppleScript with Ruby) for more info about that. m. -- matt neuburg, phd = [EMAIL PROTECTED], <http://www.tidbits.com/matt/> A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool! One of the 2007 MacTech Top 25: <http://tinyurl.com/2rh4pf> AppleScript: the Definitive Guide - Second Edition! <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
