Oculus 3 AppleScript Dictionary

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Oculus allows you to add Wildcards to captions and to filenames to allow you to name items with the current time or date, sequence number, day of week, etc. See the Advanced Features section for details.

Wildcard	Meaning	Example
%T	time string	2:03:06 PM
%t	short time string	2:03 PM
%D	date string	Wednesday, August 7, 2000
%d	date numbers	8/7/00
%A	abbreviated date	Wed, Aug 7, 2000
%H	24 hour	14
%h	12 hour	2
%m	minute	03
%s	second	06
%0x	zero led day	07
%x	day	7
%i	short month string	Aug
%I	month string	August
%0M	zero led month	08
%M	month	8
%y	two digit year	00
%Y	four digit year	2000
%P	AM/PM	PM
%p	am/pm	pm
%e	2 letter day of week	We
%w	3 letter day of week	Wed
%W	day of week	Wednesday
%#	sequence number	2302
%Q	QuickCaption	Hi Mom!

AppleScript Dictionary

Oculus has the following dictionary that can be used by AppleScripts.

Operations

run	Sent to an application when it is double-clicked
close	Close an object close reference -- the object to close
quit	Quit application
exists	Verify if an object exists exists reference -- the object in question Result: boolean -- true if it exists, false if not
count	Returns the number of elements of a particular class count reference -- the object whose elements are to be counted each type class -- the class of the elements to be counted Result: integer -- the number of elements
get	Get the data for an object get reference -- the object whose data is to be returned [as type class] -- the desired type for the data Result: anything -- the data from the object
data size	Return the size of an object in bytes data size reference -- the object whose data size is to be returned Result: integer -- the size of the object in bytes
delete	Delete an element from an object delete reference -- the element to delete
make	Make a new element make new type class -- the class of the new element [at location reference] -- the location at which to insert the element [with properties record] -- the initial data for the properties of the element Result: reference -- to the new object
set	Set an object's data set reference -- the object to change to anything -- the new value
move	Move an object move reference -- the object to move [to location reference] -- the new location for the object Result: reference -- to the object after it has been moved
takepicture	Take a picture now takepicture reference -- the window to take the picture

Classes

Class application	An application program Elements: window by numeric index, by name Properties: best type type class [r/o] -- the best descriptor type class type class [r/o] -- the class default type type class [r/o] -- the default descriptor type frontmost boolean [r/o] -- Is this the frontmost application? name international text [r/o] -- the name version version [r/o] -- the version of the application
Class window	A window Elements: caption by numeric index, by name inactiveCaption by numeric index, by name Properties: best type type class [r/o] -- the best descriptor type bounds bounding rectangle -- the boundary rectangle for the window class type class [r/o] -- the class closable boolean [r/o] -- Does the window have a close box? default type type class [r/o] -- the default descriptor type floating boolean [r/o] -- Does the window float? index integer -- the number of the window modal boolean [r/o] -- Is the window modal? name international text -- the title of the window position point -- the upper left-hand coordinates of the window resizable boolean [r/o] -- Is the window resizable? titled boolean [r/o] -- Does the window have a title bar? visible boolean -- Is the window visible? zoomable boolean [r/o] -- Is the window zoomable? zoomed boolean -- Is the window zoomed? offline boolean -- Is the window offline? quickcaption international text -- the current QuickCaption of the window
Class caption	A caption Properties: name international text -- the name of the caption value international text -- the contents of the caption
Class inactiveCaption	A caption that appears when the camera is inactive Properties: name international text -- the name of the caption value international text -- the contents of the caption


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