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56 | 3.2 <tt class="module">aetools</tt> -- | |
57 | OSA client support</A> | |
58 | </H1> | |
59 | ||
60 | <P> | |
61 | <A NAME="module-aetools"></A> | |
62 | <p class="availability">Availability: <span | |
63 | class="platform">Macintosh</span>.</p> | |
64 | ||
65 | <P> | |
66 | The <tt class="module">aetools</tt> module contains the basic functionality | |
67 | on which Python AppleScript client support is built. It also | |
68 | imports and re-exports the core functionality of the | |
69 | <tt class="module">aetypes</tt> and <tt class="module">aepack</tt> modules. The stub packages | |
70 | generated by <tt class="module">gensuitemodule</tt> import the relevant | |
71 | portions of <tt class="module">aetools</tt>, so usually you do not need to | |
72 | import it yourself. The exception to this is when you | |
73 | cannot use a generated suite package and need lower-level | |
74 | access to scripting. | |
75 | ||
76 | <P> | |
77 | The <tt class="module">aetools</tt> module itself uses the AppleEvent support | |
78 | provided by the <tt class="module">Carbon.AE</tt> module. This has one drawback: | |
79 | you need access to the window manager, see section <A href="osx-gui-scripts.html#osx-gui-scripts">1.1.2</A> | |
80 | for details. This restriction may be lifted in future releases. | |
81 | ||
82 | <P> | |
83 | The <tt class="module">aetools</tt> module defines the following functions: | |
84 | ||
85 | <P> | |
86 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
87 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-142' xml:id='l2h-142' class="function">packevent</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
88 | <td><var>ae, parameters, attributes</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
89 | <dd> | |
90 | Stores parameters and attributes in a pre-created <code>Carbon.AE.AEDesc</code> | |
91 | object. <code>parameters</code> and <code>attributes</code> are | |
92 | dictionaries mapping 4-character OSA parameter keys to Python objects. The | |
93 | objects are packed using <code>aepack.pack()</code>. | |
94 | </dl> | |
95 | ||
96 | <P> | |
97 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
98 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-143' xml:id='l2h-143' class="function">unpackevent</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
99 | <td><var>ae</var><big>[</big><var>, formodulename</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
100 | <dd> | |
101 | Recursively unpacks a <code>Carbon.AE.AEDesc</code> event to Python objects. | |
102 | The function returns the parameter dictionary and the attribute dictionary. | |
103 | The <code>formodulename</code> argument is used by generated stub packages to | |
104 | control where AppleScript classes are looked up. | |
105 | </dl> | |
106 | ||
107 | <P> | |
108 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
109 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-144' xml:id='l2h-144' class="function">keysubst</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
110 | <td><var>arguments, keydict</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
111 | <dd> | |
112 | Converts a Python keyword argument dictionary <code>arguments</code> to | |
113 | the format required by <code>packevent</code> by replacing the keys, | |
114 | which are Python identifiers, by the four-character OSA keys according | |
115 | to the mapping specified in <code>keydict</code>. Used by the generated suite | |
116 | packages. | |
117 | </dl> | |
118 | ||
119 | <P> | |
120 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
121 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-145' xml:id='l2h-145' class="function">enumsubst</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
122 | <td><var>arguments, key, edict</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
123 | <dd> | |
124 | If the <code>arguments</code> dictionary contains an entry for <code>key</code> | |
125 | convert the value for that entry according to dictionary <code>edict</code>. | |
126 | This converts human-readable Python enumeration names to the OSA 4-character | |
127 | codes. | |
128 | Used by the generated suite | |
129 | packages. | |
130 | </dl> | |
131 | ||
132 | <P> | |
133 | The <tt class="module">aetools</tt> module defines the following class: | |
134 | ||
135 | <P> | |
136 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
137 | <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span> <tt id='l2h-146' xml:id='l2h-146' class="class">TalkTo</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
138 | <td><var></var><big>[</big><var>signature=None, start=0, timeout=0</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
139 | <dd> | |
140 | ||
141 | <P> | |
142 | Base class for the proxy used to talk to an application. <code>signature</code> | |
143 | overrides the class attribute <code>_signature</code> (which is usually set by subclasses) | |
144 | and is the 4-char creator code defining the application to talk to. | |
145 | <code>start</code> can be set to true to enable running the application on | |
146 | class instantiation. <code>timeout</code> can be specified to change the | |
147 | default timeout used while waiting for an AppleEvent reply. | |
148 | </dl> | |
149 | ||
150 | <P> | |
151 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
152 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-147' xml:id='l2h-147' class="method">_start</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
153 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
154 | <dd> | |
155 | Test whether the application is running, and attempt to start it if not. | |
156 | </dl> | |
157 | ||
158 | <P> | |
159 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> | |
160 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-148' xml:id='l2h-148' class="method">send</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
161 | <td><var>code, subcode</var><big>[</big><var>, parameters, attributes</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
162 | <dd> | |
163 | Create the AppleEvent <code>Carbon.AE.AEDesc</code> for the verb with | |
164 | the OSA designation <code>code, subcode</code> (which are the usual 4-character | |
165 | strings), pack the <code>parameters</code> and <code>attributes</code> into it, send it | |
166 | to the target application, wait for the reply, unpack the reply with | |
167 | <code>unpackevent</code> and return the reply appleevent, the unpacked return values | |
168 | as a dictionary and the return attributes. | |
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