This article lists AppleScript commands that Internet Explorer 2.0 for
Macintosh supports.
Web Browser Suite Events
Web Browser Suite: Class of events that are sent to Web browser programs.
OpenURL: Retrieves Uniform Resource Locator (URL) off the Web.
OpenURL string -- Fully specified URL
[to file specification] -- File to save downloaded data into.
[toWindow integer] -- Window to open this URL into. (Use -1 for
top window)
[Flags integer] -- Valid Flags settings are: 1-Ignore the document
cache; 2-Ignore the image cache; 4-Operate in background mode.
[FormData anything] -- Posting of forms of a given Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type.
[MIMEType string] -- MIME type for the FormData.
[ProgressApp 'psn '] -- If specified, ProgressApp can be named to
handle the user interface for process messages.
[ResultApp 'psn '] -- When the requested URL has been accessed and
all associated documents loaded, the Web browser will issue an
OpenURLResult to the ResultApp.
Result: integer -- TransactionID
ShowFile: Passes FileSpec containing data of a given MIME type to be
rendered in a given WindowID.
ShowFile alias -- The file to show.
[MIME type string] -- MIME type
[Window ID integer] -- Identification number of the window to open
the file into.
(Can use -1 for top window)
[URL string] -- A URL which allows this document to be reloaded if
necessary.
[ResultApp 'psn '] -- When the requested URL has been accessed and
all associated documents loaded, the Web browser will issue a
ShowFileResult to the ResultApp.
Result: integer -- TransactionID
CancelTransaction: Tells the Web browser to cancel a TransactionID in
progress which the program has initiated with an OpenURL or ShowFile
command.
CancelTransaction integer -- TransactionID
QueryVersion: Tells the Web browser that a program that wants to
communicate with it supports a specific version (major.minor) of this SDI
specification.
QueryVersion
Major Version integer -- Major version of the SDI specification
the sending program supports.
Minor Version integer -- Minor version of the SDI specification
the sending program supports.
Result: list
Activate: Tells the Web browser to bring itself to the front and show
WindowID. (Can use -1 for top window.)
Activate integer -- WindowID
[Flags integer] -- Reserved for future use
Result: integer -- WindowID of the front window
ListWindows: Returns a list of WindowIDs representing each window currently
being used by the Web browser.
GetWindowInfo: Returns a window information record (URL/Title) for the
specified window.
GetWindowInfo integer -- WindowID of the window to get info about
Result: list
ParseAnchor: Combines a base URL and a relative URL to produce a fully
specified URL.
ParseAnchor string -- MainURL. The base URL.
withURL string -- RelativeURL, which, when combined with the
MainURL (in the direct object), is used to produce a fully-
specified URL.
Result: string -- The Fully specified URL.
BeginProgress: Initializes a progress indicator.
BeginProgress integer -- TransactionID
with Message string -- Message to display with the progress
indicator.
Result: Boolean -- Success
SetProgressRange: Sets a maximum value for the progress indicator
associated with TransactionID.
SetProgressRange integer -- TransactionID
Max integer -- Max value for this progress indicator
MakingProgress: Updates the progress indicator associated with
TransactionID.
MakingProgress integer -- TransactionID
with message string -- Message to display in the progress
indicator current setting integer -- Current value of the
progress indicator
[Result: Boolean] -- Cancel
EndProgress: Notifies the program that the progress indicator associated
with TransactionID is no longer needed.
EndProgress integer -- TransactionID
RegisterDone: Signals that all processing initiated by the RegisterNow
event associated by TransactionID has finished.
RegisterDone integer -- TransactionID
Result: integer -- 0 = failure; 1 = success; 2 = sending program
needs more time to complete operation.
RegisterProtocol: Notifies that the sending program is able to handle all
URLs for the specified protocol.
RegisterProtocol 'psn ' -- program
for string -- Protocol, such as NEWS, MAILTO, etc...
Result: Boolean -- Success
UnRegisterProtocol: Notifies that the sending program no longer wants to
handle URLs for the specified protocol.
UnRegisterProtocol 'psn ' -- program
for string -- Protocol, such as NEWS, MAILTO, etc...
RegisterViewer: Notifies that the sending program is able to handle all
documents for the specified MIMEType.
RegisterViewer 'psn ' -- program
for string -- MIMEType
[as type class] -- File type for saved documents
[Flags integer]
UnRegisterViewer: Notifies that the sending program no longer wants to
handle documents of the specified MIMEType.
UnRegisterViewer 'psn ' -- program
for string -- MIMEType
RegisterURLEcho: Notifies that the sending program would like to receive
EchoURL events.
RegisterURLEcho string -- program
Result: Boolean -- Success
UnRegisterURLEcho: Notifies that the sending prgram would no longer like to
receive EchoURL events.
UnRegisterURLEcho 'psn ' -- program
RegisterWindowClose: Notifies that the sending program would like to
receive WindowClose events.
RegisterWindowClose 'psn ' -- program
UnRegisterWindowClose: Notifies that the sending program would no longer
like to receive WindowClose events.
UnRegisterWindowClose 'psn ' -- program
URL Suite: Standard Suite for Uniform Resource Locators
GetURL: Open the URL (and optionally save it to disk)
GetURL string -- The URL
[To file (optional) 'fss
this file.
Netscape Suite: Events Defined by Netscape
Open bookmark: Reads in a bookmark file.
Open bookmark alias -- If not available, reloads the current bookmark
file.
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