This new "Scripting Bridge"

I've been reading up about this beat, but I was wondering how you implement it after you do something like;
NSString * currentTrackName = [[iTunes currentTrack] name];
Or is that the declaration and implementation in one?
Thanks,
Ricky.

Right.
So If I was to slap more code on top to make it look like this, would that work?
iTunesApplication *iTunes = [SBApplication applicationWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.apple.iTunes"];
NSString * currentTrackName = [[iTunes currentTrack] name];
I'm really unsure of what I need to put in my header file. This is what I have;
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import <ScriptingBridge/SBApplication.h>
@interface songGrab : SBApplication {
IBOutlet id display;
- (void) currentTrack;
@end
I've imported the Scripting Bridge class and added SBApplication like that page showed. songGrab is the name of my class.
What would I do in the instance if I wanted to use the 'delay' handler? What does that belong to?
Thanks,
Ricky.

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But I was then immediately disappointed to find there seems no way to actually use javascript with the scripting bridge.
Searching Apple's resources turns up nothing. Indeed on the main page, they left off the javascript example, and documented only the other two featured languages - python and ruby. What's going on?
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http://www.apple.com/applescript/features/scriptingbridge.html
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You need to alloc and init to make an object instance in Scripting Bridge.
See the following documents.
Scripting Bridge Programming Guide for Cocoa
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ScriptingB ridgeConcepts/
Scripting Bridge Framework Reference
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/ScriptingAutomation/Referen ce/ScriptingBridgeFramework/
Some sample codes
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/SBSendEmail/
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/SBSetFinderComment/
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/ScriptingBridgeFinder/
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/ScriptingBridgeiCal
As for your example, code would be something like this.
NOT TESTED AT ALL. AND PROBABLY IT'S WRONG IN PARTS.
Just for showing the outline, hopefully.
PowerPointApplication *powerpoint = [SBApplication applicationWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.microsoft.powerpoint"];
[powerpoint activate];
PowerPointSlide *s = [[[powerpoint classForScriptingClass:@"slide"] alloc]
initWithProperties:
[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
@"slideLayoutMediaClipAndText", @"layout",
nil]];
[[powerpoint.activePresentation slides] insertObject:s atArrangedObjectIndex:0];
Good luck,
H
Message was edited by: Hiroto (fixed typo)

New Scripts for Bridge posted

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Having browsed various group, I concluded that rb-appscript was my best bet. However, I've had an issue with it, which I've posted to the rb-appscript mailing list.
Hmm, doesn't seem to have appeared there yet. (I posted a message to it on Sat. and it hasn't appeared either - could be an issue with the RubyForge mailing lists, or an overzealous spam filter somewhere inbetween.)
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(I'd test it here, but I've only got Office X and the version of En'rage that comes with that seems to be buggy as it's not returning any contacts at all.)
Running address_book.contacts.get as you suggested returns successfully for a small address book but not a large one (>5000 contacts). The error message is:
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<pre>
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/Applescript-implementors/2007/Nov/index.html
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[2] http://appscript.sourceforge.net/objc-appscript.html

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