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Chapter 10 - Scripting Components / Scripting Components Reference

Optional Scripting Component Routines / Manipulating Dialects

OSASetCurrentDialect

You can use the OSASetCurrentDialect function to set the current dialect for a scripting component.

FUNCTION OSASetCurrentDialect
                        (scriptingComponent: ComponentInstance;
                         dialectCode: Integer): OSAError;

scriptingComponent

A component instance created by a prior call to the Component Manager function OpenDefaultComponent or OpenComponent (see page 10-4).

dialectCode

The code for the dialect to be set.

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
errOSASystemError	-1750	General scripting system error
errOSANoSuchDialect	-1757	Invalid dialect code
badComponentInstance	$80008001	Invalid component instance