[Pythonmac-SIG] Python vs. AppleEvents

Malte Forkel forkel@arsnova.de
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:02:06 +0200 

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Hello,

I'd like to use Python and the AppleEvent interface to access the
information stored in a
Now Contact address file. Now Contact is a scriptable contact manager.
Unfortenately,
I do not have any AppleScript / AppleEvent specific experience (yet :-).

I followed the example in Mac:Demo:applescript.html and used
gensuitemodule to create an Now Contact specific module. I managed to do
simple data access calls (e.g. get some
entry's name) but I haven't figured out how to do more interesting
things, e.g. count the
entries and loop over them. How about the existings suites like
Standard_Suite and
AppleScript_Suite?

Should I use those tools in Mac:Contrib, i.e. PythonScript and osam? I
assume there is a
convenience vs. performance tradeoff?

Any suggestions and / or sample code would be highly appreciated.

Malte

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Hello,

<P>I'd like to use Python and the AppleEvent interface to access the information
stored in a
<BR>Now Contact address file. Now Contact is a scriptable contact manager.
Unfortenately,
<BR>I do not have any AppleScript / AppleEvent specific experience (yet
:-).

<P>I followed the example in Mac:Demo:applescript.html and used gensuitemodule
to create an Now Contact specific module. I managed to do simple data access
calls (e.g. get some
<BR>entry's name) but I haven't figured out how to do more interesting
things, e.g. count the
<BR>entries and loop over them. How about the existings suites like Standard_Suite
and
<BR>AppleScript_Suite?

<P>Should I use those tools in Mac:Contrib, i.e. PythonScript and osam?
I assume there is a
<BR>convenience vs. performance tradeoff?

<P>Any suggestions and / or sample code would be highly appreciated.

<P>Malte

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