On 3 Apr 2011, at 13:35, Peter Lübke wrote:
>
> Am 02.04.2011 um 11:56 schrieb [email protected]:
>
>> Is there an API to determine a list of installed scriptable applications?
>>
>> Such a list is displayed by the AppleScript Editor menu item Open
>> Dictionary...
>>
>> Application bundles can be queried for using MDQuery and the scriptability
>> of a given application can be be determined.
>> I don't think that ASE uses this approach as its existence long predates
>> Spotlight etc.
>>
>> Also the ASE list includes items that have not been previously launched.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Jonathan Mitchell
>
> The list of the applications shown in AppleScript Editor menu item Open
> Dictionary... is stored in a plist file:
> home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScriptEditor2.plist (key:
> "LibraryApplications").
>
Interesting suggestion but..
On OS X 10.6.6 the LibraryApplications key is absent.
I would also prefer a more direct method than querying another app's
preferences file.
> I think the reason you see items that haven't been previously launched is
> that these are Apple Applications / Additions that might already be in the
> plist when the OS is installed.
> Maybe you can use these as a starting point and add items to your own .plist
> file as you or your users found more scriptable apps?
>
> Just out of interest: how do you determine scriptability of an application
> without launching it?
>
(* applescript *)
tell the application "Finder"
set myApp to the application file "Mail" in the folder "Applications"
in the startup disk
if has scripting terminology of myApp then
return "scriptable "
else
return "not scriptable "
end if
end tell
or one can query the application bundle for the .scriptsuite or .sdef resource
files.
Regards
Jonathan Mitchell
Developer
Mugginsoft LLP
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