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Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication /
Chapter 10 - Scripting Components / Scripting Components Reference
Optional Scripting Component Routines / Manipulating Dialects

OSAAvailableDialectCodeList

You can use the OSAAvailableDialectCodeList function to obtain a descriptor list containing dialect codes for each of a scripting component's currently available dialects. 

FUNCTION OSAAvailableDialectCodeList
               (scriptingComponent: ComponentInstance;
                VAR resultingDialectCodeList: AEDesc): OSAError;
scriptingComponent
A component instance created by a prior call to the Component Manager function OpenDefaultComponent or OpenComponent (see page 10-4).
resultingDialectCodeList
The returned descriptor list.
DESCRIPTION
Each item in the descriptor list returned by OSAAvailableDialectCodeList is a descriptor record of descriptor type typeInteger containing a dialect code for one of the specified scripting component's currently available dialects. Dialect codes are defined by individual scripting components.

You can pass any dialect code you obtain using OSAAvailableDialectCodeList to OSAGetDialectInfo to get information about the corresponding dialect.

RESULT CODES
noErr0No error
errOSASystemError-1750General scripting system error
badComponentInstance$80008001Invalid component instance
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