How do I add Applescript support to my Cocoa application?

Question

I am new to the world of Cocoa programming, and I want to add Applescript support to my application. The examples at Apple\'s website seem out of date.

How do I add

Answer 1

A simple example to get you started,

place a script (named dialog) into the documents folder then you can run it from Xcode

NSArray *arrayPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
    NSString *docDirectory = [arrayPaths objectAtIndex:0];
    NSString *filePath = [docDirectory stringByAppendingString:@"/dialog.scpt"];

     NSAppleScript *scriptObject = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath] error:nil];

 [scriptObject executeAndReturnError:nil];

The nice thing about keeping the script external is the ability to edit it outside of Xcode. I would recommend adding the error checking if you did start editing as the applescript may not compile

maybe check with

if(scriptObject.isCompiled){