A programmer’s guide to embedding AppleScripts in your app

Download the AppleScript Widgets SDK v1.0a4c

Update: This version of Widgets has proved to be extremely reliable and solid. While it’s still labeled “alpha,” it is for all intents and purposes a final version. I’ve just been too lazy to roll the rev number to drop the “a4.” This new download (v1.0a4c) contains John Scalo’s carbon compliant modifications (thanks John) as well as the original 1.0a4 source files.

It’s hard to say if there will be any future development of this code. It’s quite useful as is, but could always be improved upon. I’d like to hear from anyone who’s been using AppleScript Widgets, and especially of any changes and/or enhancements you’ve made, or would like to see implemented. Also, i’d like to know what you think of Widgets, and if you find it useful. Thanks. – Michael   (19-April-2001)

Notes from April, 1998:

New in this release are five new functions to extract returned values from AppleScript routines. Note: a4 corrects a design flaw of a3 and has bug fixes.

This version of Embedded AppleScript Widgets is intended as a tutorial on how to embed AppleScripts within your application. It demonstrates how to call AppleScript routines by name, how to pass positional parameters to scripts, and how to extract returned values from AppleScript routines.

Widgets also provides a C language programmer’s interface which greatly reduces the work necessary to build a parameter list, call individual AppleScript routines, and extract returned values.

This version of Widgets was written as a Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 2 project and includes a compiler plugin by Gordon Watts called “Script Builder” which automatically compiles and attaches AppleScripts to projects, providing a complete developmental solution completely contained within the CodeWarrior environment. (The Widgets package does not include the source code to Script Builder; you may download the C++ sources for v1.0 of Script Builder here.)

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