To my knowledge, that is the best way. If Applescript Editor sees no way to script an app, there is no way to script an app, or the developers really want to hide the ability. On Mar 15, 2014, at 5:00 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote:
> Hello Keith, > > I have both ABBYY FineReader Express and FineReader Pro, neither were in the > table when I did Cmd-Shift-o in the Applescript editor. Is there some other > way to determine whether an API is available? > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 15 Mar 2014, at 19:53, Keith Watson <tkwatso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nick, >> >> Depends on if ABBY has included an API for AppleScript. I can't tell you as >> I don't own it. I do know that PDFPen uses ABBY for their OCR. At least that >> is what I have seen in my Applications folder. >> >> As for the tabs in AppleScript. They are just for readability. Keeps the >> different sections of the script straight in my head. >> >> Keith >> >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 2:34 AM, Nicholas Parsons >> <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Keith, >>> >>> Thanks a bunch for that! >>> >>> Just a couple of questions. First, generally, are the tabs significant in >>> Apple Script? I suspect yes but I've never learnt Apple Script so I'm not >>> sure. >>> >>> Second, do you have any idea if ABBYY FineReader is scriptable and could it >>> thus be used instead of PDFPen in that script? Without any training or >>> anything it seems ABBYY FineReader gives me better results generally. >>> >>> Thanks again and all the best, >>> Nic >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
