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MacOS object
The MacOS object is the root of the built-in MacOS-specific object model offered by the JavaScript OSA implementation.
| Method/Property | Description |
| MacOS.libraryVersion() |
this library's version string |
| MacOS.libraryCopright() |
this library's copyright notice |
| MacOS.libraryURL() |
this library's support URL |
| MacOS.version() |
return the current OS version number "X.XX" (e.g. "8.60") |
| MacOS.message(msg) |
display a message in a dialog box |
| MacOS.ask(MSG) |
display a dialog asking a question |
| MacOS.beep() |
beep |
| MacOS.gestalt(selector) |
get the value of a gestalt selector |
| MacOS.finder() MacOS.desktop() |
returns a MacOS.AEApp object referring to the Finder on MacOS 8 and 9 systems, and referring to Desktop.app on MacOS X systems |
| MacOS.appSelf(loadAete) |
returns a MacOS.AEApp object referring to the application running the script The loadAete (boolean, optional, default = true) parameter determines if the application's dictionary is loaded. |
| MacOS.appBySignature (signature, loadAete) |
returns a MacOS.AEApp object referring to a particular running application identified by its 4-character signature. If the application is not already running, it is launched. The loadAete (Boolean, optional, default = true) parameter determines if the application's dictionary is loaded |
| MacOS.finder() |
returns a MacOS.AEApp object referring to the MacOS Finder |
| MacOS.pathToMe() |
returns a MacOS.FileSpec object referring to the application running the script |
| MacOS.findFolder (signature) |
returns a MacOS.FileSpec object referring to a well known MacOS folder identified by its 4-character signature |
| MacOS.aeResume (suiteID, eventID, params, ...) |
forward an AppleEvent to the application running the script for further processing (equivalent to AppleScript's continue statement). SuiteID and EventID are the 4-character AppleEvent suite and event IDs respectively. All remaining parameters are added as parameters of the AppleEvent. If the params argument is a JavaScript object, its properties are added as parameters of the event. Properties must be named "ae_XXXX" where XXXX is the parameter's 4-character ID. If the params argument is a MacOS.AEDesc object and that object contains an AppleEvent Record (typeAERecord), each property of that record are added to the AppleEvent as a parameter. In all other cases, the params value is added to the AppleEvent as the direct object (keyDirectObject/'----'). |