Re: Software Components???

In article <pvBdj.22968$db7.1938@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Peter Olcott" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is Microsoft COM all that is available?

Define your terms.

There is a native OS X implementation of COM but aside
from Contextual Menu Extensions, it is rarely used.

A well designed Mac application makes a clean
data model available for the use of other apps. With Leopard, the
model is easily accessed from Objective - C.

Some sample code for calling Finder as a subroutine is at:
http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/ScriptingBridgeFinder/

Some sample code for calling iCal as a subroutine is at:
http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/ScriptingBridgeiCal/

Guidelines for making the data model of your app available to
other apps is at:

file:///Developer/ADC%20Reference%20Library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ScriptableCocoaApplications/

Sample code for manipulating Google Calendar, Google Docs &
Spreadsheets, Google Notebook, Google Base, Picasa, etc.
from Cocoa apps is at:
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-objectivec-client/
.

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