Re: [MACTCL] Making a Tk app scriptable via AppleScript

[Philip A. <phi...@sh...>]

On 2009-08-09, at 09:53:16, Kevin Walzer wrote:

>> Well, due to an off-list post, I see that much has changed since the
>> last time I looked at the code in tkMacOSXHLEvents.c and was using a
>> 10.3/PPC system. It needs to be upgraded to be usable. I have made  
>> the
>> required changes in that file but need to test. As I've mentioned
>> previously, I mostly work with Tcl directly and do my own UI. If you
>> would be able to send me a do-little Tk app which links against the
>> Tcl.framework and Tk.framework located in /Library/Frameworks and has
>> stub procs for the AppleEvents, I should be able to test and debug  
>> the
>> changes and then send the altered file to whoever can make use of it.
>> The changes should be compatible back to at least 10.3 and forward
>> looking to some extent. I will also create the sdef and 'aete'  
>> resource.
>>

>> I'm working with the 8.5.7 projects (10.5 SDK).

> Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to send you the right kind of  
> app right now--my questions about Apple events were preliminary in  
> nature and I have done nothing to implement this functionality as yet.

That's ok -- I've now figured things out enough to be able to write to  
a file on receiving the commands and put up a dialog box.
I should have the update available tomorrow sometime.

Philip Aker
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