Using EscapeString in AppleScript

Trevor DeVore lists at mangomultimedia.com
Mon Dec 8 12:25:29 CST 2003


On Dec 8, 2003, at 10:57 AM, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:
>
> In VAPP dictionary said
>
> EscapeString: Escape given string.
>     EscapeString  international text  -- srting to be escaped.
>         [ForRegEx  boolean]  -- TRUE if string must be escaped for 
> RegEx
> search.
>     Result:   international text
>
>
> So you should call it as
>
>     set s to “some str’ing”
>
>     tell application Valentina
>            set es to EscapeString s
>
>     end tell

Thanks Ruslan, that worked.  Odd thing is I tried this syntax last 
night and I got errors.  When I tried it again after reading your email 
today it worked.  Oh well, at least it works now.

-- 
Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
trevor at mangomultimedia.com


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