[Pythonmac-SIG] create appscript reference from aedesc

has hengist.podd at virgin.net
Sat Aug 1 14:42:33 CEST 2009


Magnus Herold wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to write an Automator action using Python, and I'm not yet
> that familiar with the lower levels of Mac programming.
>
> The input should be a list of iTunes track objects, and I get an
> NSAppleEventDescriptor object. I know how to extract the AEDescs from
> that, but I can't find a way turn these into appscript references that
> I can use normally to say e.g. track.name.set('blabla').


It's possible, but a non-trivial problem if you aren't already  
familiar with the inner workings of both Apple events and appscript. I  
don't have time to work on it myself, but could provide a few pointers  
on where to start looking. How keen are you to get your hands dirty?

has
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