[ibookuser2]

I've recently started working with AppleEvents. I keep running into things that I don't know how to do, though. I can send and receive events just fine, the question is just what events to send to do certain things.

Surely there must be a master list of these somewhere? At least for the Finder and some common things in applications?

Like, for example, I want to launch an application. I know I can tell the Finder to do this by sending it an event class "aevt" eventID "odoc" with the path in the parameter "----", but that seems like a bad way to do it. What if the user changes the name of the application? It seems I should be able to launch it by creator code, but I can't seem to find a reference to tell me this information.

Any suggestions?

[Angus_D]

For launching applications, just use LaunchServices. Also note that you should probably use bundle identifiers rather than creator codes.

[Sal]

Originally posted by ibookuser2:
I've recently started working with AppleEvents. I keep running into things that I don't know how to do, though. I can send and receive events just fine, the question is just what events to send to do certain things.

Surely there must be a master list of these somewhere? At least for the Finder and some common things in applications?

Like, for example, I want to launch an application. I know I can tell the Finder to do this by sending it an event class "aevt" eventID "odoc" with the path in the parameter "----", but that seems like a bad way to do it. What if the user changes the name of the application? It seems I should be able to launch it by creator code, but I can't seem to find a reference to tell me this information.

Any suggestions?

You can use the bundle identifier or the creator code when addressing an app via the Finder:

Code:
tell application "Finder"
	-- using bundle indentifier
	open (application file id "com.apple.preview")
	-- opening a file with an app
	open this_file using application file id "com.apple.preview"
	-- using creator code
	open (application file id "8BIM")
	-- opening a file with an app
	open this_file using application file id "8BIM"
end tell

May I also suggest a visit to Apple's forum for AppleScript developers?

http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/l...t-implementors

[suthercd]

There is an app Smile that is a free alternative to the Applescript Script Editor. It is an very powerful tool. You can view different commands and objects that are available in applescript by their raw event id and event class.

HTH
Craig