Accessing AddressBook.data: javascript?

[Klaus Major]

Buongiorno Paul,

> An old problem; other languages (as RealBasic) have classes who  
> allow to
> access the Address Book database without opening the application
> (applescripting method).
>
> My question is: the Address Book Widget (and the Easy Envelope  
> widget too)
> can access the database using apparently some Javascript code (you  
> may find
> it opening the widget package), and Revolution too can run  
> Javascript code
> through the command "do".
>
> There is someone that, knowing the Javascript language, can extract  
> the
> right code from these widgets in order to read the records from the
> addressbook.data database?

sorry, but Rev cannot handle JavaScript via the "do" command.
Actually Rev cannot handle JS at all!

Just had a look at the widget you mentioned and it looks like Apple
added an external/plug-in "AddressBook.widgetplugin" there that
gets called by the JavaScript.

But i really doubt that this plugin can be used/addressed from within  
Rev.


Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de