Danny Goodman's AppleScript HandbookThis complete book/disk package shows the reader how to customize and extend the capabilities of any Macintosh computer--no programming experience needed! This enhanced and expanded edition focuses on putting AppleScript to work in all sorts of practical situations. Goodman also shows how to apply the same principles to other popular scripting systems. Disk contains utilities and ready-to-use scripts. |
Contents
YOUR FIRST APPLESCRIPT SCRIPT | 15 |
WRITING APPLESCRIPT SCRIPTSAN OVERVIEW | 29 |
ISSUING COMMANDS AND GETTING RESULTS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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alias reference Apple event Apple Menu AppleScript script application Scriptable Text ASCII Boolean Expression cell character choose file className compiled container copy count create database default button Desktop dictionary display dialog end repeat end tell error evaluates Event Log example execution FaceSpan file reference file with prompt FileMaker FileMaker Pro finderLib following script font handler HyperCard HyperTalk icon insertion point integer labeled Macintosh macro MacWrite mand menu Microsoft Excel myFile object Reference open file operand operator OSAX parameter pathname QuarkXPress record reference form Related Items Chapters repeat loop Result window retrieve run the script script application Script Editor script object scriptable applications scriptable Finder Scriptable Text Editor scripters scripting addition Server specify startup disk string style subroutine syntax TableServer tell application Scriptable tell document tell statement text item delimiters value class variable WordPerfect