From umis at ipnet.kiev.ua  Mon Apr  2 04:04:56 2007
From: umis at ipnet.kiev.ua (Iwan Svyatenko)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:04:56 +0300
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] rdoc-osa error
Message-ID: <C448D21E-24B8-41D1-ACE2-45A3AE6EED97@ipnet.kiev.ua>

Hello

When trying to generate doc I get the following error.

$ rdoc-osa --name Mail
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/bin/rdoc-osa:158:  
undefined method `datadir' for Config:Module (NoMethodError)
         from /usr/local/bin/rdoc-osa:18:in `load'
         from /usr/local/bin/rdoc-osa:18

I'm running MacOSX 10.4.8 and ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-24 patchlevel 5000)  
[powerpc-darwin8.9.0]

What's wrong?

Iwan


From umis at ipnet.kiev.ua  Mon Apr  2 05:05:32 2007
From: umis at ipnet.kiev.ua (Iwan Svyatenko)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:05:32 +0300
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] rdoc-osa error
In-Reply-To: <C448D21E-24B8-41D1-ACE2-45A3AE6EED97@ipnet.kiev.ua>
References: <C448D21E-24B8-41D1-ACE2-45A3AE6EED97@ipnet.kiev.ua>
Message-ID: <BE7ACE65-89C8-4407-94BC-4097B85CFD1F@ipnet.kiev.ua>

> I'm running MacOSX 10.4.8 and ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-24 patchlevel 5000)
> [powerpc-darwin8.9.0]

Sorry, correct Mac OS X 10.4.9

Iwan

From jeanpierre at gmail.com  Mon Apr  2 14:13:29 2007
From: jeanpierre at gmail.com (jeanpierre at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:13:29 -0700
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] rdoc-osa error
In-Reply-To: <BE7ACE65-89C8-4407-94BC-4097B85CFD1F@ipnet.kiev.ua>
References: <C448D21E-24B8-41D1-ACE2-45A3AE6EED97@ipnet.kiev.ua>
	<BE7ACE65-89C8-4407-94BC-4097B85CFD1F@ipnet.kiev.ua>
Message-ID: <f3b556720704021113i139764c8n5a2802552ea2ee5c@mail.gmail.com>

On 4/2/07, Iwan Svyatenko <umis at ipnet.kiev.ua> wrote:
>
> > I'm running MacOSX 10.4.8 and ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-24 patchlevel 5000)
> > [powerpc-darwin8.9.0]
>
> Sorry, correct Mac OS X 10.4.9


i gave this a try and it is working for me on rubyosa svn trunk - not sure
if that really helps but i thought i'd mention it.

cheers,
jean-pierre
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From jeanpierre at gmail.com  Mon Apr  2 16:34:47 2007
From: jeanpierre at gmail.com (jeanpierre at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:34:47 -0700
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] utf8_strings = true, causes data coercion error
Message-ID: <f3b556720704021334x3e11e34ew125c1ea08410b015@mail.gmail.com>

hi list -

oddly when having rubyosa use utf8 strings some calls generate data coercion
errors. commenting out the original assignment or temporarily changing the
value resolves the problem - script below.

cheers,
jean-pierre



###################

require 'rbosa'

# comment the following line out and the script should execute without issue
OSA.utf8_strings = true

safari = OSA.app('Safari')
if safari.nil?
  puts "ERROR: unable to locate the application 'Safari'"
  exit
end

doc = safari.make(OSA::Safari::Document)
doc.url = 'http://redhanded.hobix.com'

###################

results in:

RuntimeError: application returned error: Data could not be coerced to the
requested descriptor type (-1700)
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbosa.rb:592:in
`__send_event__'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbosa.rb:592:in `url='
        from (irb):19
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From jeanpierre at gmail.com  Mon Apr  2 17:38:28 2007
From: jeanpierre at gmail.com (jeanpierre at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:38:28 -0700
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] utf8_strings = true,
	causes data coercion error
In-Reply-To: <f3b556720704021334x3e11e34ew125c1ea08410b015@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f3b556720704021334x3e11e34ew125c1ea08410b015@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f3b556720704021438x6312c3cdxc15636ef7a6b0b01@mail.gmail.com>

to add to the utf8_string oddities, i've also found that when true, i cannot
send keystrokes via system events. might i need to encode the keystroke text
differently?

cheers,
jean-pierre



###################

require 'rbosa'

# comment the following line out and this works as expected
OSA.utf8_strings = true

safari = OSA.app ('Safari')
if safari.nil?
  puts "ERROR: unable to locate the application 'Safari'"
  exit
end
safari.activate

se = OSA.app('System Events')
if !se.ui_elements_enabled?
  sp.current_pane = sp.panes.detect { |p| p.properties[:id] == '
com.apple.preference.universalaccess ' }
  puts "ERROR: UI element scripting is not enabled. Check 'Enable access for
assistive devices'"
  exit
end

# this does nothing if utf8_strings is true
se.keystroke('n', :using => OSA::SystemEvents::EMDS::COMMAND_DOWN)




On 4/2/07, jeanpierre at gmail.com <jeanpierre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> hi list -
>
> oddly when having rubyosa use utf8 strings some calls generate data
> coercion errors. commenting out the original assignment or temporarily
> changing the value resolves the problem - script below.
>
> cheers,
> jean-pierre
>
>
>
> ###################
>
> require 'rbosa'
>
> # comment the following line out and the script should execute without
> issue
> OSA.utf8_strings = true
>
> safari = OSA.app ('Safari')
> if safari.nil?
>   puts "ERROR: unable to locate the application 'Safari'"
>   exit
> end
>
> doc = safari.make(OSA::Safari::Document)
> doc.url = ' http://redhanded.hobix.com'
>
> ###################
>
> results in:
>
> RuntimeError: application returned error: Data could not be coerced to the
> requested descriptor type (-1700)
>         from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbosa.rb:592:in
> `__send_event__'
>         from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbosa.rb:592:in `url='
>         from (irb):19
>
>
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From umis at ipnet.kiev.ua  Tue Apr  3 03:04:04 2007
From: umis at ipnet.kiev.ua (Iwan Svyatenko)
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:04:04 +0300
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] rdoc-osa error
In-Reply-To: <BE7ACE65-89C8-4407-94BC-4097B85CFD1F@ipnet.kiev.ua>
References: <C448D21E-24B8-41D1-ACE2-45A3AE6EED97@ipnet.kiev.ua>
	<BE7ACE65-89C8-4407-94BC-4097B85CFD1F@ipnet.kiev.ua>
Message-ID: <9C371B9F-9DE0-4F91-839C-56A4DB6F0BBC@ipnet.kiev.ua>

After installed from svn i've still got error

$ rdoc-osa --name Mail
/usr/local/bin/rdoc-osa:169: undefined method `datadir' for  
Config:Module (NoMethodError)

Method 'datadir' exist in rbconfig.rb
After I commented 3 line in rdoc-osa (see below) this work fine:

rdoc-osa --name 'Adobe Photoshop CS' --op ~/doc/rdoc/PhotoshopRuby -- 
template ./allison/allison.rb

<--------------------><--------------------><-------------------- 
 ><--------------------><-------------------->

/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.9.0/rbconfig.rb
<---------cut----------->
# This file was created by mkconfig.rb when ruby was built.  Any
# changes made to this file will be lost the next time ruby is built.

module Config
   RUBY_VERSION == "1.8.6" or
     raise "ruby lib version (1.8.6) doesn't match executable version  
(#{RUBY_VERSION})"

   TOPDIR = File.dirname(__FILE__).chomp!("/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc- 
darwin8.9.0")
   DESTDIR = '' unless defined? DESTDIR
   CONFIG = {}
   CONFIG["DESTDIR"] = DESTDIR
   CONFIG["INSTALL"] = "/usr/bin/install -c"
   CONFIG["prefix"] = (TOPDIR || DESTDIR + "/usr/local")
   CONFIG["EXEEXT"] = ""
   CONFIG["ruby_install_name"] = "ruby"
   CONFIG["RUBY_INSTALL_NAME"] = "ruby"
   CONFIG["RUBY_SO_NAME"] = "ruby"
   CONFIG["SHELL"] = "/bin/sh"
   CONFIG["PATH_SEPARATOR"] = ":"
   CONFIG["PACKAGE_NAME"] = ""
   CONFIG["PACKAGE_TARNAME"] = ""
   CONFIG["PACKAGE_VERSION"] = ""
   CONFIG["PACKAGE_STRING"] = ""
   CONFIG["PACKAGE_BUGREPORT"] = ""
   CONFIG["exec_prefix"] = "$(prefix)"
   CONFIG["bindir"] = "$(exec_prefix)/bin"
   CONFIG["sbindir"] = "$(exec_prefix)/sbin"
   CONFIG["libexecdir"] = "$(exec_prefix)/libexec"
   CONFIG["datadir"] = "$(prefix)/share"
<---------cut----------->

/usr/local/bin/rdoc-osa
<---------cut----------->
rdoc_flags = ''
#template = File.join(Config.datadir('rubyosa'), 'rdoc_html.rb')
#if File.exists?(template)
#    rdoc_flags << " --template '#{template}' "
#end
rdoc_flags << " --title '#{app_name} RubyOSA API' "
rdoc_flags << ' --main OSA '
rdoc_flags << ARGV[2..-1].join(' ')
<---------cut----------->

From lsansonetti at apple.com  Tue Apr  3 06:52:24 2007
From: lsansonetti at apple.com (Laurent Sansonetti)
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 12:52:24 +0200
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] rdoc-osa error
In-Reply-To: <9C371B9F-9DE0-4F91-839C-56A4DB6F0BBC@ipnet.kiev.ua>
References: <C448D21E-24B8-41D1-ACE2-45A3AE6EED97@ipnet.kiev.ua>
	<BE7ACE65-89C8-4407-94BC-4097B85CFD1F@ipnet.kiev.ua>
	<9C371B9F-9DE0-4F91-839C-56A4DB6F0BBC@ipnet.kiev.ua>
Message-ID: <7397416D-E7AF-47FA-B7AD-0CF73F2B1146@apple.com>

Hi Iwan,

Thanks for the report. This is a weird issue, on my environment (also  
1.8.6) Config.datadir() exists.

Is the following patch working for you?

Index: bin/rdoc-osa
===================================================================
--- bin/rdoc-osa	(revision 196)
+++ bin/rdoc-osa	(working copy)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
  EOS

  rdoc_flags = ''
-template = File.join(Config.datadir('rubyosa'), 'rdoc_html.rb')
+template = File.join(Config::CONFIG['datadir'], 'rubyosa',  
'rdoc_html.rb')
  if File.exists?(template)
      rdoc_flags << " --template '#{template}' "
  end

Regards,
Laurent

On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Iwan Svyatenko wrote:

> After installed from svn i've still got error
>
> $ rdoc-osa --name Mail
> /usr/local/bin/rdoc-osa:169: undefined method `datadir' for
> Config:Module (NoMethodError)
>
> Method 'datadir' exist in rbconfig.rb
> After I commented 3 line in rdoc-osa (see below) this work fine:
>
> rdoc-osa --name 'Adobe Photoshop CS' --op ~/doc/rdoc/PhotoshopRuby --
> template ./allison/allison.rb
>
> <--------------------><--------------------><--------------------
>> <--------------------><-------------------->
>
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin8.9.0/rbconfig.rb
> <---------cut----------->
> # This file was created by mkconfig.rb when ruby was built.  Any
> # changes made to this file will be lost the next time ruby is built.
>
> module Config
>   RUBY_VERSION == "1.8.6" or
>     raise "ruby lib version (1.8.6) doesn't match executable version
> (#{RUBY_VERSION})"
>
>   TOPDIR = File.dirname(__FILE__).chomp!("/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-
> darwin8.9.0")
>   DESTDIR = '' unless defined? DESTDIR
>   CONFIG = {}
>   CONFIG["DESTDIR"] = DESTDIR
>   CONFIG["INSTALL"] = "/usr/bin/install -c"
>   CONFIG["prefix"] = (TOPDIR || DESTDIR + "/usr/local")
>   CONFIG["EXEEXT"] = ""
>   CONFIG["ruby_install_name"] = "ruby"
>   CONFIG["RUBY_INSTALL_NAME"] = "ruby"
>   CONFIG["RUBY_SO_NAME"] = "ruby"
>   CONFIG["SHELL"] = "/bin/sh"
>   CONFIG["PATH_SEPARATOR"] = ":"
>   CONFIG["PACKAGE_NAME"] = ""
>   CONFIG["PACKAGE_TARNAME"] = ""
>   CONFIG["PACKAGE_VERSION"] = ""
>   CONFIG["PACKAGE_STRING"] = ""
>   CONFIG["PACKAGE_BUGREPORT"] = ""
>   CONFIG["exec_prefix"] = "$(prefix)"
>   CONFIG["bindir"] = "$(exec_prefix)/bin"
>   CONFIG["sbindir"] = "$(exec_prefix)/sbin"
>   CONFIG["libexecdir"] = "$(exec_prefix)/libexec"
>   CONFIG["datadir"] = "$(prefix)/share"
> <---------cut----------->
>
> /usr/local/bin/rdoc-osa
> <---------cut----------->
> rdoc_flags = ''
> #template = File.join(Config.datadir('rubyosa'), 'rdoc_html.rb')
> #if File.exists?(template)
> #    rdoc_flags << " --template '#{template}' "
> #end
> rdoc_flags << " --title '#{app_name} RubyOSA API' "
> rdoc_flags << ' --main OSA '
> rdoc_flags << ARGV[2..-1].join(' ')
> <---------cut----------->
> _______________________________________________
> Rubyosa-discuss mailing list
> Rubyosa-discuss at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubyosa-discuss


From umis at ipnet.kiev.ua  Tue Apr  3 07:41:21 2007
From: umis at ipnet.kiev.ua (Iwan Svyatenko)
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 14:41:21 +0300
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] rdoc-osa error
In-Reply-To: <7397416D-E7AF-47FA-B7AD-0CF73F2B1146@apple.com>
References: <C448D21E-24B8-41D1-ACE2-45A3AE6EED97@ipnet.kiev.ua>
	<BE7ACE65-89C8-4407-94BC-4097B85CFD1F@ipnet.kiev.ua>
	<9C371B9F-9DE0-4F91-839C-56A4DB6F0BBC@ipnet.kiev.ua>
	<7397416D-E7AF-47FA-B7AD-0CF73F2B1146@apple.com>
Message-ID: <C5601A30-88E9-482D-AFF3-E31483A1A674@ipnet.kiev.ua>

Hi!

Thank you, it's working.

Iwan

> Is the following patch working for you?
>
> Index: bin/rdoc-osa
> ===================================================================
> --- bin/rdoc-osa	(revision 196)
> +++ bin/rdoc-osa	(working copy)
> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
>  EOS
>
>  rdoc_flags = ''
> -template = File.join(Config.datadir('rubyosa'), 'rdoc_html.rb')
> +template = File.join(Config::CONFIG['datadir'], 'rubyosa',  
> 'rdoc_html.rb')
>  if File.exists?(template)
>      rdoc_flags << " --template '#{template}' "
>  end
>
> Regards,
> Laurent


From wz0403 at gmail.com  Thu Apr  5 02:28:34 2007
From: wz0403 at gmail.com (=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCMEBERRsoQiAbJEJBTxsoQg==?=)
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:28:34 +0900
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] Bus Error when Microsoft Office applications
Message-ID: <0A7622FE-E8C9-451F-92E2-F9CC6C05BFB3@gmail.com>

It doesn't work when I script calling 'Microsoft Office 2004'  
applications with rubyosa by name,  path or signature.

irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
=> true

irb(main):002:0> require 'rbosa'
=> true

irb(main):003:0> app = OSA.app(:name => "Microsoft PowerPoint")
RuntimeError: Can't locate the target bundle on the file system
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/ 
rbosa.rb:304:in `__scripting_info__'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/ 
rbosa.rb:304:in `app'
         from (irb):3

irb(main):004:0> app = OSA.app(:signature => "PPT3")
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/rbosa.rb:304:  
[BUG] Bus Error
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13) [powerpc-darwin8.9.0]

irb(main):003:0> app = OSA.app(:path => "/Applications/Microsoft\  
Office\ 2004/Microsoft\ PowerPoint")
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/rbosa.rb:304:  
[BUG] Bus Error
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13) [powerpc-darwin8.9.0]

Awazu


From pjones at pmade.com  Mon Apr  9 14:17:15 2007
From: pjones at pmade.com (Peter Jones)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:17:15 +0000
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] Here is another real world example
Message-ID: <20070409181715.GA68012@slim.pmade.com>

I've recently decided to switch back to mutt after using Apple Mail for the
last several years.  As such, I've been working on a few ruby scripts to
integrate Mac OS X with mutt.

My first set of scripts uses RubyOSA and Ferret to index the OS X Address Book
so that I can use it from mutt.  The index creation script runs on my Mac:

        http://pmade.com/svn/oss/mailtools/trunk/bin/abook_index.rb

And the searching script runs on the server I have mutt installed on:

        http://pmade.com/svn/oss/mailtools/trunk/bin/abook_search.rb

I hope that this is useful to someone.

-- 
Peter Jones
pmade inc. (http://pmade.com)

From laurent.sansonetti at gmail.com  Mon Apr  9 17:10:17 2007
From: laurent.sansonetti at gmail.com (Laurent Sansonetti)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:10:17 +0200
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] Bus Error when Microsoft Office applications
In-Reply-To: <0A7622FE-E8C9-451F-92E2-F9CC6C05BFB3@gmail.com>
References: <0A7622FE-E8C9-451F-92E2-F9CC6C05BFB3@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1be7247c0704091410j2018b6e6gc61bcc477e06af21@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Thanks for the report. At a glance it seems that Microsoft Office 2004
applications are not provided under .app bundles, but standalone
executable (at least in the version I could install). This could
explain why RubyOSA has problems to connect to them. I will
investigate but perhaps not for the upcoming release.

Laurent

On 4/5/07, ?? ? <wz0403 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It doesn't work when I script calling 'Microsoft Office 2004'
> applications with rubyosa by name,  path or signature.
>
> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
> => true
>
> irb(main):002:0> require 'rbosa'
> => true
>
> irb(main):003:0> app = OSA.app(:name => "Microsoft PowerPoint")
> RuntimeError: Can't locate the target bundle on the file system
>          from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/
> rbosa.rb:304:in `__scripting_info__'
>          from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/
> rbosa.rb:304:in `app'
>          from (irb):3
>
> irb(main):004:0> app = OSA.app(:signature => "PPT3")
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/rbosa.rb:304:
> [BUG] Bus Error
> ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13) [powerpc-darwin8.9.0]
>
> irb(main):003:0> app = OSA.app(:path => "/Applications/Microsoft\
> Office\ 2004/Microsoft\ PowerPoint")
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyosa-0.3.0.1/lib/rbosa.rb:304:
> [BUG] Bus Error
> ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13) [powerpc-darwin8.9.0]
>
> Awazu
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rubyosa-discuss mailing list
> Rubyosa-discuss at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubyosa-discuss
>

From laurent.sansonetti at gmail.com  Wed Apr 11 17:34:27 2007
From: laurent.sansonetti at gmail.com (Laurent Sansonetti)
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:34:27 +0200
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] [ANN] RubyOSA 0.4.0
Message-ID: <1be7247c0704111434y4de4bdc1pb690a055deddafdd@mail.gmail.com>

Hi rubyists,

I am honored to announce the immediate availability of RubyOSA 0.4.0.

RubyOSA is a bridge that connects Ruby to the Apple Event Manager
infrastructure. It allows Ruby programs to automate Mac OS X
applications in the same way as AppleScript.

More information on the project home page:

http://rubyosa.rubyforge.org/

The project home page has been completely revamped and the guide has
been improved.

This new release fixes some important issues, enhances the existing
features set and provides some new samples.

The complete release notes are following.

Enjoy,
Laurent

<<<
Features:
- Added the possibility to retrieve from an object specifier list object the
  values of a given attribute, via the 'every' method ;
- Examples: iTunes/tag_genre_lastfm.rb (new revision that queries Last.fm only
  once per artist), iTunes/name_that_tune.rb, Photoshop/new_doc.rb,
  Photoshop/new_doc_with_text.rb ;
- The rdoc-osa tool now supports scripting additions (via the '--addition'
  argument) ;
- Added conversion support for color types ;
- Allow multiple enum values to be passed into the same argument (packing them
  in an array) ;
- Merge an 'activate' method into application objects.

Bugfixes:
- Fixed the rdoc-osa tool for applications that do not have a name command ;
- Fixed 'msng' type conversions ;
- Do not fail if a description attribute has an empty value ;
- Do not fail if a class inherits from a class that hasn't been defined yet ;
- When converting an Hash object to OSA, property convert Array values ;
- Convert type-less Float objects to OSA ;
- Added the :size attribute as a shortcut to :point_size ;
- Fixed the rdoc-osa tool to work when RubyGems isn't available in the machine ;
- Make sure to include a 'subj' attribute to apple events without direct
  parameters.
>>>

From rberger at ibd.com  Sun Apr 22 02:16:12 2007
From: rberger at ibd.com (Robert J. Berger)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:16:12 -0700
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] Adding a person to a group in Address Book
Message-ID: <25609D3B-247A-4B87-B521-19CD283C7E73@ibd.com>

I am having a very difficult time figuring out how to add people to a  
group using ruby osa and Address Book.app

What I'm trying to do is:
I have a bit of markup in the notes of each person in the address  
book that specifies which group I want to add the person to. Like:

	<Contacts>

So I'm successfully parsing the notes, extracting the strings for the  
group names and even creating the new groups when necessary.

But I just can't figure out how to add the person to the group!

Here's the code and that works up to the point of trying to add the  
person to the group:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
#  Created by Robert J. Berger on 2007-04-20.


require "rubygems"
require "rbosa"

ab = OSA.app('Address Book')

# Extend the Application class with a method to find a group by name
class OSA::AddressBook::Application
   def find_group_by_name(name)
     self.groups.detect {|g| g.name == name}
   end
end

# Foreach person in the address book
ab.people.each do |person|
   # get the note text for the current  person
   note = person.note
   # Skip this person if there is no note
   next if note.nil?

   # Find all instances of strings surrounded by < >
   # And save them as a string of arrays
   # These strings are the names of the groups that this person  
should be
   # assigned to
   group_names = note.scan(/<(.*?)>/).map {|i| i.first}

   # For each string in the array
   group_names.each do |group_name|
     # Find a group by that name
     if (working_group = ab.find_group_by_name(group_name)).nil?
       # If no group with that name was not found, then create the group
       puts "Creating group #{group_name}"
       working_group = ab.make(OSA::AddressBook::Group, nil,  
nil, :name  => group_name)
     end

     # Here's what I want to do but this doesn't work
     # I want to add the current person to the group
     # I can't figure out how to update the people array of the  
Applications groups
     puts "Adding #{person.name} to group #{working_group.name}"
     working_group.people << person
	# I've tried other ways but this is the way that "should" work but  
of course it
	# doesn't since the expresssion working_group.people is and  
ObjectSpecifierList and
	# not the object itself. And if I use working_group.people.get, that  
still won't
	# work, nor set, or add....
   end
end
ab.save

I'm sure there is a way to do it, but I can't figure it out!
Thanks
Rob

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From bryan at osesm.com  Mon Apr 30 08:38:31 2007
From: bryan at osesm.com (Bryan Liles)
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:38:31 -0400
Subject: [Rubyosa-discuss] creating todos in iCal
Message-ID: <CD47B71B-C5EC-439F-B7A3-784E160483E6@osesm.com>

# I have some code similar to the following:
app = OSA.app('iCal')

# make a new calendar
cal = app.make(OSA::ICal::Calendar)
cal.name = "newcal"

# my question is, how do you make a new Todo in a calendar?
todo = app.make(OSA::ICal::Todo)  # error
todo = app.make(OSA::ICal::Todo,cal) # seems to work, but the class  
is OSA::Element.

# What am I doing wrong?

---

As a second question, what kind of object can I pass to  
the :with_data option of the OSA::ICal::Application#make method?