neil-hyd / sushihangover.applescript

An OS-X AppleScript C# library - Call AppleScript Function with Arguments and get Return value

Sushi.AppleScript

https://github.com/sushihangover/SushiHangover.AppleScript.git

The C# library allows you to execute AppleScript code that originates from a file or string and:

• Call function by name (Optional)
• Pass multiple arguments to a function (Optional)
• Execution success or failure
• Return results from the function call

Build:

cd SushiHangover.AppleScript.Native
xcodebuild
cd -
nuget restore
xbuild SushiHangover.AppleScript.sln

Note:

AppleScript.cs(7,7): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `MonoMac' could not be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?

If you do not have a local copy of MonoMac, xbuild will fail. It is available via "Xamarin Studio" so you can biuld from the cmd line via:

mdtool build SushiHangover.AppleScript.sln

Test:

Mono's supplied nunit-console:

MONO_IOMAP=all nunit-console SushiHangover.AppleScript.Test/SushiHangover.AppleScript.Test.csproj

NUnit 3.x console:

mono $(MTOOLS)/nunit3-console.exe SushiHangover.AppleScript.Test/SushiHangover.AppleScript.Test.csproj

####Example Usage:

var scptInfo = new FileInfo ("./AppleScripts/FunctionTests.txt");
string funcName = "IsRunning";
List<string> argList = new List<string> () {
	@"Finder",
};
string scriptReturnValue;
var executionSuccess = AppleScript.Run (scptInfo, funcName, argList, out scriptReturnValue);

• Consult Test.cs for more examples

###Supports:

• MonoMac
• Xamarin.Mac
• i386 and x86_64 Mono Support

###Runtime/Deployment debugging:

Runtime/Deployment debugging available by setting an environment variable, APPLE_SCRIPT_DEBUG:

export APPLE_SCRIPT_DEBUG=true

The results are logged with the prefix AppleScript:, output is avaiable via Console.app.

###SushiHangover.AppleScript

The C# library that provides the P/Invoke wrapper to execute AppleScript functions

###SushiHangover.AppleScript.Native

An OS-X Universial (i386 & x86_64) Shared Library:

• libAppleScriptEvent.dylib

###SushiHangover.AppleScript.Test

NUnit tests for Sushi.AppleScript library

###SushiHangover.AppleScript.CLI

TODO: Provides an osascript style CLI utility to execute functions with AppleScript files (osascript does not contain this feature)

###License:

• The MIT License (MIT)