Required Events

There are four events that are required for every application that claims to be AppleScriptable. This section discusses these four events and their syntax.

The events covered in this section are:

• Open
• Print
• Quit
• Run

Open

Purpose:

This event tells the CodeWarrior IDE to open the specified files.

Open filename-list [ converting ] expression

If converting is specified, any project files that were created with previous versions of the CodeWarrior IDE will be updated.

Listing 0.4 Example for Open

Open "HD:MyProject.mcp" converting yes
Open "HD:MyProject.mcp"

Print

Purpose:

This event tells the CodeWarrior IDE to print the specified files.

Print filename-list 

Quit

Purpose:

This event tells the CodeWarrior IDE to quit.

Run

Purpose:

This event is sent to an application when it is double-clicked. Upon receiving the event, the application should launch itself.