Import AppleScript methods in another AppleScript?

Question

Is there a way to use defined AppleScript methods in other AppleScripts which reference the original AppleScript with something similar to import (f.e. in PHP)?

I wrote a methode to set Skype status and mood-text:

on setSkypeStatus(status, mood_text)     tell application "System Events"         set skypeRunning to count (every process whose name is "Skype")          if skypeRunning > 0 then --only set status if skype is running             tell application "Skype"                 set myStatus to "SET USERSTATUS " & status                 set myMood to "SET PROFILE MOOD_TEXT " & mood_text                  send command myStatus script name "AppleScript"                 send command myMood script name "AppleScript"                 return skypeRunning             end tell         else             return skypeRunning         end if     end tell end setSkypeStatus 

now I'm searching for something like import skype_methods.scpt. Is there such a functionality. I can't something related with Google.

Answer 1

One way to import another script as a library is to define a property which is initialized by loading the library as a script object. You can then use the tell command to invoke the library functions.

property pSkypeLibrary : load script POSIX file "/Users/sakra/Desktop/skype_methods.scpt"  tell pSkypeLibrary     setSkypeStatus("status", "mood") end tell