You mean get results? Parameters are the values you pass to a command handler. Results are the values that come back from it.
If the dictionary doesn’t list a return value for the send command then that would suggest it’s not intended to return one. If you’ve tested it with a Skype command that should return a value and get nothing back, that probably confirms it. If you believe the ‘send’ command should return a result when it doesn’t (which seems a reasonable assumption), file a bug report on it - it wouldn’t be the first application ever to have a badly designed/broken scripting interface.
This is a bug. Commands that are supposed to return a result do not. However, commands that tell Skype to do something through the API do seem to work:
property script_name : "SkypeLib"
property the_status_settings : {"ONLINE", "OFFLINE", "SKYPEME", "AWAY", "NA", "DND", "INVISIBLE"}
property skype_path : "" --make sure you only have one copy of Skype installed or hard code the path here.
my skype_set_status("")
on skype_set_status(the_status)
if skype_path = "" then if not my skype_find_path() then return
if the_status is in {"", missing value} then set the_status to my skype_choose_status()
if the_status is in {"false", false} then return
using terms from application "Skype"
tell application skype_path
send command "FOCUS" script name script_name
send command "SET USERSTATUS " & the_status script name script_name
end tell
end using terms from
end skype_set_status
on skype_choose_status()
activate
return (choose from list the_status_settings with prompt "Choose a Status:") as Unicode text
end skype_choose_status
on skype_find_path()
try
try
tell application "Finder" to set skype_path to (application file id "com.skype.skype") as Unicode text
on error
tell application "Finder" to set skype_path to (application file id "SKYP") as Unicode text
end try
return true
on error
activate
display dialog "Skype could not be located on this machine. Make sure you only have one copy of Skype on this machine (including early betas) and try this script again." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 2 giving up after 10
return false
end try
end skype_find_path
According to some Skype staff member the current API does not support returning values from Skype. Only sending commands to Skype are currently supported. This should be fixed in the next Beta that will be released shortly.