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Mac::AETE::Dialect(3)                User Contributed Perl Documentation               Mac::AETE::Dialect(3)



NAME
       Mac::AETE::Dialect - reads the Macintosh Apple event dictionary from an Applescript dialect file.

SYNOPSIS
            use Mac::AETE::App;
            use Mac::AETE::Dialect;
            use Mac::AETE::Format::Dictionary;

            $aeut = Dialect->new();
            $aeut->read();

            $app = App->new("My Application");
            $formatter = Dictionary->new;
            $app->set_format($formatter);
            $app->read;
            $app->merge($aeut);
            $app->write;

DESCRIPTION
       The data in Dialect objects can be merged into a Parser or App object to make a complete Apple event
       dictionary. The module will locate the proper AppleScript dialect file in the system folder.

       See Mac::AETE::Parser and Mac::AETE::App for more details.

       Methods


       new       Example:

                      use Mac::AETE::Dialect;

                      $app = Dialect->new;

       read      (Inherited from Mac::AETE::Parser.)

                 Reads the data contained in the AETE resource or handle. Example:

                      $app->read;

INHERITANCE
       Inherits from Mac::AETE::Parser.

AUTHOR
       David Schooley <dcschooley@mediaone.net>



perl v5.8.8                                      2003-03-31                            Mac::AETE::Dialect(3)