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- From: jpugh@apple.com (Jon Pugh)
- Subject: Re: How do I use the 'miscdosc' AppleEvent?
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Message-ID: <jpugh-191292125604@kip2-42.apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:57:58 GMT
- References: <claytor.1-171292131137@resis.phys.nd.edu>
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
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- In article <claytor.1-171292131137@resis.phys.nd.edu>, claytor.1@nd.edu
- (Nelson Claytor) wrote:
- >
- > I'm having some trouble using the 'dosc' Apple Event to convince
- > another application to run a script. So far, I'm basically testing only
- > with
- > Alpha, which returns an error number that is not defined in IM VI, nor
- > in the AE Registry. Alpha returns -1769. Does anyone see anything obvious
- > wrong with what I'm doing? My code follows the .sig.
- >
- > On a related note, does anyone have a reasonable routine for coercing
- > text into typeIntlText in a general way? I can see simply sticking in the
- > US English codes for language and script, but this certainly wouldn't
- > be the "internationally correct" way to do things.
-
- The Apple Event Registry incorrectly asserts that the direct parameter for
- the DoScript event is typeIntlText when it really is typeChar. A future
- revision will have this corrected.
-
- Jon Pugh
- kAERegistrar
-