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Adaptec Toast 4.1.1 Dictionary

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Index

1. Standard Suite
   • Classes:
     1. application
   • Events:
     1. clear
     2. close
     3. get
     4. make
     5. save
     6. set
2. Toast Suite
   • Classes:
     1. Audio disc
     2. CD interactive disc
     3. DVD disc
     4. Disc image disc
     5. Enhanced Music CD disc
     6. Hybrid disc
     7. ISO 9660 disc
     8. Mac Files & Folders disc
     9. Mac Volume disc
     10. Multitrack XA disc
     11. SCSI Copy disc
     12. Video disc
     13. application
     14. audiotrack
     15. disc
   • Events:
     1. add to
     2. close tray
     3. compare
     4. eject
     5. make system 6 compatible
     6. mount CD
     7. mount image
     8. print CD label
     9. write

Standard Suite: Common terms for most applications

Classes:

Class application: A Macintosh application

Properties:

name international text [r/o] -- the name

version version [r/o] -- the version

frontmost boolean [r/o] -- Is this the frontmost application?

Events:

clear: Clear an object

clear reference -- the object to clear

close: Close an object

close reference

[saving yes/no/ask] -- whether the object should be saved before closing

[saving in alias] -- the file in which the closed document should be saved (by default, the same file it was read from)

get: Get the value of a property

get reference

Result: anything -- the value

make: Make a new element

make

new type class -- the class of the new element (keyword ‘new’ is optional in AppleScript)

[with properties record] -- the initial values for the properties of the element

Result: reference -- to the new object(s)

save: Save a disc object

save reference -- object to save

[in alias] -- the file in which to save the object

[as disc image alias] -- the image file to write the disc to

set: Set the value of a property

set reference

to anything

Toast Suite: Terms used to control Adaptec Toast directly

Classes:

Class Audio disc: An Audio Disc

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

title string -- Get or Set the title of an audio CD.

Class CD interactive disc: A CD interactive

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

Class DVD disc: A DVD-ROM or DVD-Video disc

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

resolve aliases boolean -- when this parameter is on the original files rather than their aliases will be written

Class Disc image disc: A disc created from a Disc Image

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

Class Enhanced Music CD disc: An Enhanced Music CD

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

macvolume alias -- create the CD from this volume

optimize off/for speed/for size -- optimize for speed, size or not at all

dont copy free space boolean

autostart string -- the name of the AutoStart file

Class Hybrid disc: A Macintosh HFS / ISO 9660 Hybrid disc

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

macvolume alias -- the Macintosh HFS volume to be written to disc

optimize off/for speed/for size -- optimize for speed, size or not at all

bootable boolean -- make a bootable disc (in Apple CD-ROM drives only)

dont copy free space boolean

autostart string -- the name of the AutoStart file

resolve aliases boolean -- when this parameter is on the original files rather than their aliases will be written

iso format CD/CD XA -- the ISO format used for the disc

iso naming ISO 9660 Level 1/Allow DOS Names/Allow Macintosh Names/Joliet -- the naming convention used for the disc

append version numbers boolean -- append ;1 to all file names to satisfy the ISO 9660 standard

use Apple extensions boolean -- not really necessary as the disc is hybrid

Class ISO 9660 disc: An ISO 9660 disc

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

iso format CD/CD XA -- the ISO format used for the disc

iso naming ISO 9660 Level 1/Allow DOS Names/Allow Macintosh Names/Joliet -- the naming convention used for the disc

append version numbers boolean -- append ;1 to all file names to satisfy the ISO 9660 standard

use Apple extensions boolean -- strongly recommended when the disc is not hybrid

resolve aliases boolean -- when this parameter is on the original files rather than their aliases will be written

Class Mac Files & Folders disc: A Macintosh Files & Folders disc

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

resolve aliases boolean -- when this parameter is on the original files rather than their aliases will be written

Class Mac Volume disc: A Macintosh HFS Volume disc

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

macvolume alias -- the Macintosh HFS volume to be written to disc

optimize off/for speed/for size -- optimize for speed, size or not at all

bootable boolean -- make a bootable disc (in Apple CD-ROM drives only)

dont copy free space boolean

autostart string -- the name of the AutoStart file

Class Multitrack XA disc: A CD-ROM XA with more than one data track. Rarely used.

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

Class SCSI Copy disc: A disc copied from a SCSI device. It is recommended that you first set the bus and lun, then the unit ID, then the remaining properties.

Properties:

inherits disc -- All properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

scsi bus small integer -- the bus ID of the device to copy

scsi id small integer -- the SCSI ID of the device to copy

scsi lun small integer -- the SCSI LUN of the device to copy (almost always 0)

copy blocks integer -- the number of blocks to copy from the device (changing this will also change the ‘copy mbytes’ property)

copy mbytes integer -- the number of MBytes to copy from the device (changing this will also change the ‘copy blocks’ property)

start block integer -- the block to start copying from

use blind transfers boolean -- blind transfers are faster, and usually safe

clear driver descriptor map boolean -- ignore this parameter unless you are Apple

Class Video disc: A Video CD

Properties:

inherits disc -- all properties and elements of the given class are inherited by this class.

name string -- the name of the disc - only used if the disc is created from MPEG tracks.

Class application: A Macintosh application

Elements:

disc by numeric index

Properties:

current disc reference [r/o] -- the current disc

simulation mode boolean -- write in simulation mode?

autoloader No Autoloader/Generic Autoloader/OptoMedia Hawk/MediaFORM CD2500/Kodak Disc Transporter/MTC TransCorder/Trace PowerWriter/Cedar Publisher -- the autoloader mechanism to use

user interaction allowed/not allowed -- Whether or not the application is allowed to bring up dialogs to request user interaction.

Class audiotrack:

Elements:

string by numeric index

Class disc: A generic disc

Plural form:

discs

Properties:

write speed x1/x2/x4/x6/x8/x10/x12/x14/x16 -- the speed used for writing

size integer [r/o] -- the size of the disc in sectors

number of tracks integer [r/o] -- the total number of tracks on this disc (including audio tracks)

number of audio tracks integer [r/o] -- the number of audio tracks on this disc

number of copies integer -- the number of copies to write when an autoloader is used

Events:

add to: Add items to an object

add to reference -- the object to add items to

items a list of alias -- the items to add to the object

[as a list of audio tracks] -- should the items be treated as audio tracks?

close tray: Close the tray of the recorder (not available with every recorder)

close tray

compare: Compare two volumes, folders, or files.

compare

original alias -- The original volume, folder, or file.

copy alias -- The copy of the volume, folder, or file.

[Result: boolean] -- Returns TRUE if the items being compared are identical. Returns FALSE if they are not.

eject: Eject the disc in the recorder

eject

make system 6 compatible: Make a volume System 6 compatible by creating an appropriate desktop file

make system 6 compatible alias -- the volume to make System 6 compatible

mount CD: Mount the disc in the recorder

mount CD

mount image: Mount a disc image file

mount image alias -- the image file to mount

print CD label: Print a print file to a Fargo CD printer connected to the modem port

print CD label alias -- the file to print

write: Write the specified object to the recorder

write reference -- the disc to write

[create disc image first alias] -- name of the image file

[eject boolean] -- should the disc be ejected after writing? (Default = yes)

[verify boolean] -- should the disc be verified after writing? (Default = yes)

[as session] -- should the disc be written as a session

[print alias] -- name of the print file for the CD label

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