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/MacClassic/AppleScript/AppleScript with Unicode
Required plugins for this example: MBS MacClassic Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /MacClassic/AppleScript/AppleScript with Unicode
This example is the version from Wed, 27th Oct 2020.
Project "AppleScript with Unicode.xojo_binary_project"
MenuBar Menu
MenuItem UntitledMenu3 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu2 = "File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "Quit"
MenuItem UntitledMenu7 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "Undo"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cut"
MenuItem EditCopy = "Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "Clear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu6 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu5 = ""
MenuItem UntitledMenu4 = ""
End MenuBar
Class App Inherits Application
EventHandler Sub Open()
dim a as AppleScriptMBS
dim b as AppleScriptMBS
dim t as TextConverter
dim s as String
a=new AppleScriptMBS
if not a.CanUnicodeText then
MsgBox "We need Apple Script 1.3 or newer for Unicode text handling."
end if
a.UnicodeText=true // use it
// compile this source code
s="display dialog ""Hello World!"""
// MsgBox str(lenb(s)) // 29
t=GetTextConverter(GetTextEncoding(0),GetTextEncoding(256))
s=t.convert(s)
// MsgBox str(lenb(s)) // 58 if it's now unicode (16bit, not UTF8!)
a.Compile s
b=new AppleScriptMBS
// now we copy the binary code to another object
b.Binary=a.Binary
// and run it
b.Execute
// now decompile
s=b.Source
MsgBox str(lenb(s)) // 29 if returned as MacRoman and 58 if returned as Unicode
MsgBox s
Quit
End EventHandler
End Class
ExternalFile info
End ExternalFile
End Project
See also:
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacClassic Plugin.