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AppleScript: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
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- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- The Missing Credits
- + Introduction
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Setting Up AppleScript
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Using Script Editor
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Building a Script from Scratch
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Manipulating Text
- + Controlling Files
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Creating Lists
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Organizing and Editing Graphics
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Playing Sound andVideo
- + Internet and Network Scripting
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Organizing Information in Databases
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Linking Scripts to Folders with Folder Actions
- + Scripting Programs That Don’t Have Dictionaries
- + Mixing AppleScript andUnix
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Testing and Debugging Scripts
- + AppleScript Studio
- + AppleScript Support inCommon Programs
- + Moving from HyperCard to AppleScript
- + Where to Go from Here
- Index
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 author Adam Goldstein, AppleScript: The Missing Manual is brimming with useful examples. You'll learn how to clean up your Desktop with a single click, for example, and how to automatically optimize pictures for a website. Along the way, you ll learn the overall grammar of AppleScript, so you can write your own customized scripts when you feel the need. Naturally, AppleScript: The Missing Manual isn't merely for the uninitiated scripter. While its hands-on approach certainly keeps novices from feeling intimidated, this comprehensive guide is also suited for system administrators, web and graphics professionals, musicians, scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and others who need to learn the ins and outs of AppleScript for their daily work. Thanks to AppleScript: The Missing Manual, the path from consumer to seasoned script has never been clearer. Now you, too, can automate your Macintosh in no time.
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Publication year : 2007
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 1,125
