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Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication /
Chapter 10 - Scripting Components / Scripting Components Reference
Optional Scripting Component Routines / Compiling Scripts

OSAScriptingComponentName

You can use the OSAScriptingComponentName function to get the name of a scripting component.

FUNCTION OSAScriptingComponentName
         (scriptingComponent: ComponentInstance;
          VAR resultingScriptingComponentName: AEDesc): OSAError;
scriptingComponent
A component instance created by a prior call to the Component Manager function OpenDefaultComponent or OpenComponent (see page 10-4).
resultingScriptingComponentName
The name of the scripting component; or, if the component is the generic scripting component, the name of the default scripting component.
DESCRIPTION
The OSAScriptingComponentName function returns a descriptor record that you can coerce to a text descriptor type such as typeChar. This can be useful if you want to display the name of the scripting language in which the user should write a new script.

RESULT CODES
noErr0No error
errOSASystemError-1750General scripting system error
badComponentInstance$80008001Invalid component instance
SEE ALSO
For an example of the use of OSAScriptingComponentName, see Listing 10-2 on page 10-9.

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