Playerget info: for a window, dialog or palette
Syntax
get info window nameOrNumber
Parameters
window nameOrNumber -- name or number (by stacking order) of the window
Result
record of properties (attributes)
Examples
get info window "Sistine Chapel" -- named window
get info window 1 -- frontmost dialog (or window)
height of (get info window "Untitled")
Notes
- Palettes are often in front of windows, even if they are not visible!
- For a complete list of properties for each type of object, see the Properties section of Chapter 6.
- By default, Player matches only the number of characters specified in the verb parameter. This feature has the benefit of ignoring trailing punctuation, but will occasionally find a false match.
- By default, name matching is not case sensitive.
See Also
set target window
exists window
outline dialog
yield time
set complete match
outline dialog