[Pythonmac-SIG] More appleevents

[Bill Bedford]

At 12:32 pm +0100 15/04/00, Erik van Blokland wrote:

>Hi
>
>I'm trying to create the python equivalent of the following applescript
>(eeeek!)
>
>tell application "Finder" of machine "Monster"
>      beep
>      -- or anything else
>end tell
>
>This creates an AE object that claims to be application 'Finder' of
>machines 'Monsta':
>remoteapp = AppleScript_Suite.application("Finder",
>fr=AppleScript_Suite.machine("Monster"))
>
>But how do I get to 'tell' anything? Any object that's related to
>aetools.TalkTo needs a 4 character signature i.e. "MACS" for the Finder.
>But there's no no signature for a remote application? TalkTo won't accept
>the remoteapp object.

I've not tested this because I haven't got a network set up, but.............

TalkTo will also take a AEDesc, so that it's possible to use 
TalkTo.newevent() to build a signature of the remote finder. The 
parameters are all in the AppleScript.suite and should be code='ascr' 
subcode='tell' machine='MyOtherMac' and zone='' (unless you have 
appletalk zones.)

>
>Aside: my AECapture script doesn't work for this: the AECapture control
>panel says the target of the above applescript is "". I'm guessing the
>events too new and it can't parse them or something.

No, this has been there since the beginning, its probably AECapture 
not being able to decode a AEDesc.

-- 
Bill Bedford

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