Dashcode Widget Plugin?

Question

Hi all,
I'm trying to create a widget with plugin, however, I am getting runtime errors with the following code:
function _lolwut(event)
var macbot = window.mbot;
var spoken = document.getElementById("textfield").value;
var speak = macbot.talkToMacbot_(spoken);
document.getElementById("text").innerText = speak;
The error is: Result of expression 'macbot' [undefined] is not an object.
I am following Apple's guide at: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/DashboardProgTopics/ObjCFromJavaScript.html#//appleref/doc/uid/30001215-120299
I've pasted my widget plugin's header and implementation here:
Header: http://pastebin.com/m7a79eb3d
Implementation: http://pastebin.com/m69130019
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Have you made any progress with your code? Over the weekend I played around with a widget plug-in, though not completely successfully.
From a quick look at your code I would change:
windowScriptObject setValue:self forKey:@"MyWindowScriptObject"
to...
windowScriptObject setValue:self forKey:@"mbot"
Also, you will need at least the first of the following two methods to call the Macbot methods from JavaScript.
* Return NO to export the selector (aSelector) to the script environment.
* Return YES to prevent the selector from being exported to the script environment.
+ (BOOL) isSelectorExcludedFromWebScript:(SEL)aSelector {
return NO;
* The name of the instance variable that will be exposed to the
* script environment.
* Returns YES to hide the property, NO to export the property.
+ (BOOL) isKeyExcludedFromWebScript:(const char*)key {
return NO;
Hope this helps.