Widgets and applescript

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

I was wondering, how do I call an applescript from a widget?

I’ve been trying to do this but nothing I’ve read so far has worked.

#2

A widget is an applescript you run from a the internet right?

#3

To tell you the truth, there is no easy way to run a script from a link or whatever because of security reasons. So, you need to give more information on what you want to do.

gl,

#4

Well, I don’t know exactly what I want to do yet. But I do want to make a widget that actually does something, and surely some of those don’t use purely HTML and javascript…

#5

I’ve seen plenty of widgets that “actually do something” with just HTML and Javascript.

I think you would use the osascript command line utility to run an AppleScript file.

See also:
Dashboard Programming Topics: Accessing Command Line Utilities

#6

I haven’t built a widget as yet, and haven’t tested Missing Link in a widget, but Missing Link can call an AS application from HTML in a browser…

http://scriptbuilders.net/files/missinglink2.3b.html

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With any luck, the next update to ML will be able to run compiled scripts (not just script applications) from links.

Peter B.