Creator and PopChar Pro

[Mehlhorn, Jeff]

Thanks Steve. Yeah, if the two applications can get on the same page that
would be awesome.

jeffrey


On 8/13/08 1:22 PM, "Steve Mills" <smills at multi-ad.com> wrote:

> On Aug 13, 2008, at 08:38:03, Mehlhorn, Jeff wrote:
> 
>> I am using Creator 8.0.2 with PopChar Pro running in Leopard. I
>> cannot get
>> PopChar to automatically recognize what font is being used in the
>> Creator
>> document. Checking the box "As in Document" (in the PopChar prefs)
>> does not
>> help. I contacted the makers of PopChar and here is what they said:
>> 
>> 
>> The "As in Document" feature works only for applications that satisfy
>> certain requirements: An application needs either a Font menu in the
>> menu
>> bar (with a checkmark in front of the current font) or AppleScript
>> support
>> that lets other applications query the current font.
>> 
>> As far as I know, Creator Pro does not meet these requirements. Sorry.
> 
> PopChar needs to be smart enough to look into submenus.
> 
>> Does anyone have any input on this?
>> And does Creator has AppleScript support that lets other
>> applications query
>> the current font being used?
> 
> 
> PopChar needs to ask the right question. There is no universal
> AppleScript command to "query the current font."
> 
> I'll try contacting him and see if we can get PopChar to work with
> Creator.
> 
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