# NSCreateCommand A command that creates a scriptable object. ``` class NSCreateCommand ``` ## Overview An instance of `NSCreateCommand` creates the specified scriptable object (such as a document), optionally supplying the new object with the specified attributes. This command corresponds to AppleScript’s `make` command. `NSCreateCommand` is part of Cocoa’s built-in scripting support. Most applications don’t need to subclass `NSCreateCommand` or invoke its methods. When an instance of `NSCreateCommand` is executed, it creates a new object using `[[theClassToBeCreated allocWithZone:NULL] init]` (where `theClassToBeCreated` is the class of the object to be created), unless the command has a `with data` argument. In the latter case, the new object is created by invoking `[[NSScriptCoercionHandler sharedCoercionHandler] coerceValue:theDataAsAnObject toClass:theClassToBeCreated]`. Any properties specified by a `with properties` argument are then set in the new object using `-setScriptingProperties:`. If an `NSCreateCommand` object with no argument corresponding to the `at` parameter is executed (for example, `tell application "Mail" to make new mailbox with properties {name:"testFolder"}`), and the receiver of the command (not necessarily the application object) has a to-many relationship to objects of the class to be instantiated, and the class description for the receiving class returns when sent an `isLocationRequiredToCreateForKey:` message, the `NSCreateCommand` object creates a new object and sends the receiver an message to place the new object in the container. This is part of Cocoa’s scripting support for inserting newly-created objects into containers without explicitly specifying a location. ## Topics ### Getting information about a create command [`createClassDescription`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCreateCommand/createClassDescription) Returns the class description for the class that is to be created. [`resolvedKeyDictionary`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCreateCommand/resolvedKeyDictionary) Returns a dictionary that contains the properties that were specified in the `make` Apple event command that has been converted to this `NSCreateCommand` object. ## Relationships ### Conforms To [`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible) [`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg) [`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable) [`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol) [`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable) [`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable) [`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible) [`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding) [`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype) ### Inherits From [`NSScriptCommand`](/documentation/Foundation/NSScriptCommand) --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)