Sending Raw Apple Events From a Script

The section Entering Script Information in Raw Format describes how you can use double angle brackets (or chevrons) to enter raw information directly into a script. You enter these symbols («») by typing Option-Backslash and Shift-Option-Backslash.

Using chevrons, you can directly enter a term such as «event sysodlog» (equivalent to display dialog ) in a script. If the Display Dialog command is available, AppleScript will convert «event sysodlog» to display dialog when you compile the script. The term «event sysodlog» is actually the raw form for an Apple event with event class 'syso' and event ID 'dlog' . You can use raw syntax to enter and execute events (even complex events with numerous parameters) when there is no dictionary to support them. However, this guide does not provide detailed documentation for raw syntax.