by Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 13, 2008 at 09:34 AM
In article <towb-B034AE.11111013022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Tobias Weber <towb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <uce-E2CB8C.17291712022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Gregory Weston <uce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > You have an application. The application does not export any
AppleScript
> > functionality, but it *does* put a utility in the system's Services
menu
> > and you'd like to know if there's a way you can invoke that service
from
> > AppleScript such that it will manipulate data you've got in a
desirable
> > way.
>
> The point is something like
> http://gild.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/sidekick-14-available-now/
for
> Office 2008
>
>
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/SysServices/Ta
> sks/using.html> has NSPerformService which should be useable from AS
> Studio or via the command line utility included with
> http://software.jessies.org/salma-hayek/
>
> I'll experiment ;)
It's obvious AppleScript isn't the best way to do what you want. You
should explore using Cocoa instead, IMO.
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