Instance name in remote script

Scripting
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Hi! I’ve been using remote scripts with Glyphs as a module for a while but now I’m trying to read and write instances info but I don’t manage to get it work.

Basically I’m trying to change the name with:
instance.name() = "myName"
But I’m getting:
SyntaxError: can't assign to function call

And how is possible to write custom parameters?

Thanks in advance.

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You need to use the default PyObjC methods.

instance.setName_("myName")

The wrapper is not available in outside of Glyphs

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Hi Georg, thanks. Can you point where I can see the PyObjC methods?

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Those are literal translations of the objc methods. You can check the core spec: https://docu.glyphsapp.com/Core/index.html
And the pyobjc into exposing how to convert the names:
https://pyobjc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/core/intro.html

Because the core docs are a bit out of date, you might like to check the header files inside Glyphs (in the GlyphsCore framework)

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Thanks a lot!