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AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
By Matt Neuburg
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: January 2006
ISBN: 0-596-10211-9
Pages: 590
 



Table of Contents  | Index

   Copyright
   Preface
      The Scope of This Book
      Versions
      How This Book Is Organized
      Conventions Used in This Book
      How to Contact Us
      Safari® Enabled
      Acknowledgments (First Edition)
      Acknowledgments (Second Edition)
    Part I:  AppleScript Overview
          Chapter 1.  Why to Use AppleScript
      Section 1.1.  The Nature and Purpose of AppleScript
      Section 1.2.  Is This Application Scriptable?
      Section 1.3.  Calculation and Repetition
      Section 1.4.  Reduction
      Section 1.5.  Customization
      Section 1.6.  Combining Specialties
          Chapter 2.  Where to Use AppleScript
      Section 2.1.  Script Editor
      Section 2.2.  Internally Scriptable Application
      Section 2.3.  Script Runner
      Section 2.4.  Automatic Location
      Section 2.5.  Application
      Section 2.6.  Unix
      Section 2.7.  Hyperlinks
      Section 2.8.  Automator
          Chapter 3.  Basic Concepts
      Section 3.1.  Apple Events
      Section 3.2.  The Open Scripting Architecture
      Section 3.3.  Script
      Section 3.4.  Compiling and Decompiling
      Section 3.5.  Compiled Script Files
      Section 3.6.  Script Text File
      Section 3.7.  Applet and Droplet
      Section 3.8.  Scripting Addition
      Section 3.9.  Dictionary
      Section 3.10.  Missing External Referents
      Section 3.11.  Modes of Scriptability
    Part II:  The AppleScript Language
          Chapter 4.  Introducing the Language
      Section 4.1.  A Little Language
      Section 4.2.  Extensibility and Its Perils
      Section 4.3.  The "English-likeness" Monster
      Section 4.4.  Object-likeness
      Section 4.5.  LISP-likeness
      Section 4.6.  The Learning Curve
          Chapter 5.  Syntactic Ground of Being
      Section 5.1.  Lines
      Section 5.2.  Result
      Section 5.3.  Comments
      Section 5.4.  Abbreviations and Synonyms
      Section 5.5.  Blocks
      Section 5.6.  The
          Chapter 6.  A Map of the World
      Section 6.1.  Scope Blocks
      Section 6.2.  Levels and Nesting
      Section 6.3.  The Top Level
      Section 6.4.  Code and the Run Handler
      Section 6.5.  Variables
          Chapter 7.  Variables
      Section 7.2.  Assignment and Retrieval
      Section 7.3.  Declaration and Definition of Variables
      Section 7.4.  Variable Names
          Chapter 8.  Script Objects
      Section 8.1.  Script Object Definition
      Section 8.2.  Run Handler
      Section 8.3.  Script Properties
      Section 8.4.  Script Objects as Values
      Section 8.5.  Top-Level Entities
      Section 8.6.  Compiled Script Files as Script Objects
      Section 8.7.  Inheritance
          Chapter 9.  Handlers
      Section 9.1.  Handler Definition
      Section 9.2.  Returned Value
      Section 9.3.  Handlers as Values
      Section 9.4.  Parameters
      Section 9.5.  Pass by Reference
      Section 9.6.  Syntax of Defining and Calling a Handler
      Section 9.7.  Event Handlers
      Section 9.8.  The Run Handler
      Section 9.9.  Recursion
      Section 9.10.  Power Handler Tricks
          Chapter 10.  Scope
      Section 10.1.  Regions of Scope
      Section 10.2.  Kinds of Variable
      Section 10.3.  Scope of Top-Level Entities
      Section 10.4.  Scope of Locals
      Section 10.5.  Scope of Globals
      Section 10.6.  Scope of Undeclared Variables
      Section 10.7.  Declare Your Variables
      Section 10.8.  Free Variables
      Section 10.9.  Redeclaration of Variables
      Section 10.10.  Closures
          Chapter 11.  Objects
      Section 11.1.  Messages
      Section 11.2.  Attributes
      Section 11.3.  Class
      Section 11.4.  Target
      Section 11.5.  Get
      Section 11.6.  It
      Section 11.7.  Me
      Section 11.8.  Properties and Elements
      Section 11.9.  Element Specifiers
      Section 11.10.  Operations on Multiple References
      Section 11.11.  Assignment of Multiple Attributes
      Section 11.12.  Object String Specifier
          Chapter 12.  References
      Section 12.1.  Reference as Target
      Section 12.2.  Reference as Incantation
      Section 12.3.  Creating a Reference
      Section 12.4.  Identifying References
      Section 12.5.  Dereferencing a Reference
      Section 12.6.  Trouble with Contents
      Section 12.7.  Creating References to Variables
      Section 12.8.  Reference as Parameter
          Chapter 13.  Datatypes
      Section 13.1.  Application
      Section 13.2.  Machine
      Section 13.3.  Data
      Section 13.4.  Boolean
      Section 13.5.  Integer, Real, and Number
      Section 13.6.  Date
      Section 13.7.  String
      Section 13.8.  Unicode Text
      Section 13.9.  File and Alias
      Section 13.10.  List
      Section 13.11.  Record
          Chapter 14.  Coercions
      Section 14.1.  Implicit Coercion
      Section 14.2.  Explicit Coercion
      Section 14.3.  Boolean Coercions
      Section 14.4.  Number, String, and Date Coercions
      Section 14.5.  File Coercions
      Section 14.6.  List Coercions
      Section 14.7.  Unit Conversions
          Chapter 15.  Operators
      Section 15.1.  Implicit Coercion
      Section 15.2.  Arithmetic Operators
      Section 15.3.  Boolean Operators
      Section 15.4.  Comparison Operators
      Section 15.5.  Containment Operators
      Section 15.6.  Concatenation Operator
      Section 15.7.  Parentheses
      Section 15.8.  Who Performs an Operation
          Chapter 16.  Global Properties
      Section 16.1.  Strings
      Section 16.2.  Numbers
      Section 16.3.  Miscellaneous
          Chapter 17.  Constants
      true, false
      yes, no, ask
      missing value
      null
      plain, bold, italic, outline, shadow, underline, superscript, subscript, strikethrough, small caps, all caps, all lowercase, condensed, expanded, hidden
      case, diacriticals, white space, hyphens, expansion, punctuation, numeric strings
      application responses
      current application
      Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
      January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
          Chapter 18.  Commands
      Section 18.1.  Application Commands
      Section 18.2.  Standard Commands
      Section 18.3.  Logging Commands
          Chapter 19.  Control
      Section 19.1.  Branching
      Section 19.2.  Looping
      Section 19.3.  Tell
      Section 19.4.  Using Terms From
      Section 19.5.  With
      Section 19.6.  Considering/Ignoring
      Section 19.7.  Errors
      Section 19.8.  Second-Level Evaluation
    Part III:  AppleScript In Action
          Chapter 20.  Dictionaries
      Section 20.1.  Resolution of Terminology
      Section 20.2.  Terminology Clash
      Section 20.3.  Nonsensical Apple Events
      Section 20.4.  Raw Four-Letter Codes
      Section 20.5.  Multiple-Word Terms
      Section 20.6.  What's in a Dictionary
      Section 20.7.  The 'aeut ' Resource
      Section 20.8.  Inadequacies of the Dictionary
          Chapter 21.  Scripting Additions
      Section 21.1.  Pros and Cons of Scripting Additions
      Section 21.2.  Classic Scripting Additions
      Section 21.3.  Loading Scripting Additions
      Section 21.4.  Standard Scripting Addition Commands
          Chapter 22.  Speed
      Section 22.1.  Tools of the Trade
      Section 22.2.  Apple Events
      Section 22.3.  List Access
      Section 22.4.  Scripting Additions
      Section 22.5.  Context
          Chapter 23.  Scriptable Applications
      Section 23.1.  Targeting Scriptable Applications
      Section 23.2.  Some Scriptable Applications
          Chapter 24.  Unscriptable Applications
      Section 24.1.  Historical Perspective
      Section 24.2.  Getting Started with Accessibility
      Section 24.3.  GUI Scripting Examples
          Chapter 25.  Unix
      Section 25.1.  Do Shell Script
      Section 25.2.  Osascript
          Chapter 26.  Triggering Scripts Automatically
      Section 26.1.  Digital Hub Scripting
      Section 26.2.  Folder Actions
      Section 26.3.  CGI Application
      Section 26.4.  Timers, Hooks, Attachability, Observability
          Chapter 27.  Writing Applications
      Section 27.1.  Applets
      Section 27.2.  AppleScript Studio
      Section 27.3.  Cocoa Scripting
      Section 27.4.  AppleScript Studio Scriptability
    Part IV:  Appendixes
          Appendix A.  The AppleScript Experience
      Section A.1.  The Problem
      Section A.2.  A Day in the Life
      Section A.3.  Conclusions, Lessons, and Advice
          Appendix B.  Apple Events Without AppleScript
      Section B.1.  Pure Raw Apple Events
      Section B.2.  JavaScript
      Section B.3.  UserTalk
      Section B.4.  Perl
      Section B.5.  Python
          Appendix C.  Tools and Resources
      Section C.1.  Scripting Software and Tools
      Section C.2.  Scriptable Software
      Section C.3.  AppleScript Documentation
      Section C.4.  Writing a Scripting Addition
      Section C.5.  Writing a Scriptable Application
      Section C.6.  Portals, Instruction, and Repositories
      Section C.7.  Mailing Lists
      Section C.8.  Books
      Section C.9.  Unix Scripting
   Colophon
   Index

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