Re: Sending non-string parameters to an AppleScript [SOLVED]

FROM : Jeremy Dronfield
DATE : Sun Jul 23 18:34:47 2006

On 23 Jul 2006, at 3:58 pm, Jeremy Dronfield wrote:
> I'm calling an AppleScript using NSAppleScript and 
> NSAppleEventDescriptor. Part of the the purpose of the script is to 
> set the positions of the icons in a Finder window. My problem is in 
> working out how to pass a parameter (in this case a point) which 
> isn't an NSString, since +[NSAppleEventDescriptor 
> descriptorWithString:] seems to be the only way of passing an Obj-C 
> data type. In desperation I've tried using:
>
> [NSAppleEventDescriptor descriptorWithString:NSStringFromPoint
> (NSMakePoint(100, 100))]
>
> and coercing the parameter to a point in the script with:
>
> set position of item fileRef of windowRef to (newPosition as point)
>
> but it doesn't work. I get an error: "{100, 100}" cannot be 
> converted to type point. Surely it must be possible to pass a point 
> (and other data types) to an AppleScript? If so, how?


Well, it turns out the easy way to do it is to use Ken Ferry's 
KFASHandlerAdditions-TypeTranslation set of categories. Apologies for 
the noise.

Jeremy