NAME

Mac::AETE::Dialect - reads the Macintosh Apple event dictionary from an Applescript dialect file.

SYNOPSIS

     use Mac::AETE::App;
     use Mac::AETE::Dialect;
     use Mac::AETE::Format::Dictionary;

     $aeut = Dialect->new();
     $aeut->read();
     
     $app = App->new("My Application");
     $formatter = Dictionary->new;
     $app->set_format($formatter);
     $app->read;
     $app->merge($aeut);
     $app->write;

DESCRIPTION

The data in Dialect objects can be merged into a Parser or App object to make a complete Apple event dictionary. The module will locate the proper AppleScript dialect file in the system folder.

See Mac::AETE::Parser and Mac::AETE::App for more details.

Methods

new

Example:

     use Mac::AETE::Dialect;
     
     $app = Dialect->new;

read

(Inherited from Mac::AETE::Parser.)

Reads the data contained in the AETE resource or handle. Example:

     $app->read;

INHERITANCE

Inherits from Mac::AETE::Parser.

AUTHOR

David Schooley <dcschooley@mediaone.net>