AppleScript: the Missing Manual The Missing Manual

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ISBN: 9780596008505

ISBN-10: 0596008503

ISBN-13: 9780596008505

Edition: 2005

Authors: Adam Goldstein

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From newspapers to NASA, Mac users around the world use AppleScript to automate their daily computing routines. Famed for its similarity to English and its ease of integration with other programs, AppleScript is the perfect programming language for time-squeezed Mac fans. As beginners quickly realize, however, AppleScript has one major shortcoming: it comes without a manual. No more. You don't need a degree in computer science, a fancy system administrator title, or even a pocket protector and pair of nerdy glasses to learn the Mac's most popular scripting language; you just need the proper guide at your side. "AppleScript: The Missing Manual is that guide. Brilliantly compiled by…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/22/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.19" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Foreword


The Missing Credits


Introduction





AppleScript Overview



Setting Up AppleScriptThe Script MenuWorking with the Scripts You Have



Using Script Editor


The Script Editor Look


Script Formats


Setting Script Editor's Preferences



Building a Script from Scratch


Getting Started


Commanding Other Programs





Everyday Scripting Tasks



Manipulating Text


String Notation


Getting Text Back from Dialog Boxes


Linking Strings Together


Multiline Strings


Scripting Text


Edit


Adding Word Count


Commanding Microsoft Word


Running Scripts from Text



Controlling Files


File Path Boot Camp


Displaying Folders


Moving Files Around


Backing Up Files


Deleting Files


Picking a File from a Dialog Box


Saving Files



Creating Lists


Common List Commands


Displaying Lists


The Ever-Useful every Keyword


List Processing


Joining Lists Together


Inputting Lists


Getting Lists from Other Programs



Organizing and Editing Graphics


Scripting iPhoto


Controlling Photoshop


Image Events



Playing Sound and Video


Scripting iTunes


Speaking and Listening


Scripting Quick


Time



Internet and Network Scripting


Internet Connect


Safari


Address Book


Maili


Chat Control


URL Access Scripting


Recalling Passwords



Organizing Information in Databases


Record Notation


Making a Simple Apple


Script Database


Getting File Information


Scripting File


Maker Pro





Power-User Features



Linking Scripts to Folders with Folder Actions


Enabling Folder Actions


Built-in Actions


Running Your Own Actions



Scripting Programs


That Don't Have Dictionaries


Enabling GUI Scripting


GUI Scripting Basics


Controlling Menus


Clicking Buttons


Deciphering Interface Hierarchies


Fake Typing



Mixing Apple


Script and Unix


Terminal


Unix Without Terminal


Running Superuser Commands


Running Apple


Scripts from Unix


Scheduling Apple


Script Commands



Testing and Debugging Scripts


First Line of Defense: The Compiler


Noting Important Events


Preventing Errors


Isolating and Handling Errors


The Xcode Debugger



AppleScript Studio


What Is Apple


Script Studio?


Making a Program





Appendixes



Apple


Script Support in Common Programs


Databases


Email Programs


Graphics Editors


Page Layout Programs


Plain Text Editors


Word Processors


Web Browsers



Moving from Hyper


Card to Apple


Script


Data Types


Dialog Boxes


Existence


Numbers


Pausing


Ranges


Repeat Statements


Subroutines


Variables



Where to Go from Here


Web Sites


Discussion Lists


Books


Index