my name of script

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi,

I don’t really understand this:

set my_name to name of me
display dialog my_name

Saved this as an appllication and got “MyName” which is the name of the app. But, what’s getting “MyName”. Is it AppleScript, the application, … ?

Edited: hope I didn’t miss something Nigel wrote about in another post.

Thanks,
kel

#2

It’s the name of the current application. The name of the application is defined/stored in the bundle name in the info.plist (key: CFBundleName). This is default behavior.

Edit: Of course the name can be overridden by adding an property with a key name in the main script object. Then the name property differs from the bundle name. Other applications can of course override this property in different ways if they like.

#3

Hi DJ Bazzie Wazzie,

That’s why some properties error. I need to read the keys to see what properties are stored. :smiley:

Edited: or just look at the info.plist. :slight_smile:

Thanks a lot,
kel

#4

That’s why nothing shows up but the name! :smiley: Need to use System Events or Finder.

Thanks,
kel

#5

It’s kind of confusing. I wonder what’s reading the info.plist. A script is looking at itself, so it must be the application?