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WWDC05 • Session 103

Designing a Scripting Interface

Application Technologies • 41:50

The easiest way for your application to work with Automator is for it to be scriptable. Most of the effort required involves defining your application's dictionary, which contains the various commands and classes accessible to AppleScript. Learn how to design a dictionary for a sample application, how to define a well-designed scripting interface for your own application, and how to specify the dictionary in the new sdef format.

Speaker: Chris Nebel

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