Applescript & Mac OS X 10.1

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Mac OS X Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide

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Foreword

Introduction to Mac OS X

Ch. 1. Moving Up To Mac Os X

Ch. 2. The Classic Environment

Ch. 3. Unix Basics For Mac OS X

Ch. 4. Unix Security & Utilities

Ch. 5. Networking

Ch. 6. Multiple Users & Security

Ch. 7. Applescript & Mac OS X 10.1

AppleScript & Mac OS X

An AppleScript Primer

How to Use This Chapter

What Is the Same About AppleScript in Mac OS X

What Is Different About AppleScript in Mac OS X

Detecting the Current Versions of AppleScript & Mac OS

Scripting Additions in Mac OS X

Life with File Suffixes & Path Delimiters

Scripting Addition Global Context Supported in Mac OS X 10.1

Using Script Runner & ScriptMenu

Using a Scripting Addition or Terminal to Access Unix Commands

Scheduling Scripts with cron and osascript

Adding Scripts to the Finder's Toolbar

Setting the Default Printer with Print Center

Accessing the World with Internet Services

Connecting with Internet Connect

Scripting TextEdit for Fun

Full-Power Development with AppleScript Studio

Ch. 8. System Preferences

Ch. 9. Fonts

Ch. 10. Mac OS Utilities

Ch. 11. Speech Features

Ch. 12. Idisk

Appx. A. Menus & Keyboard Equivalents

Chapter 7. Applescript & Mac OS X 10.1

BY ETHAN WILDE

Ethan Wilde bought his first computer, an Apple II, in 1979 after taking a BASIC programming class at San Francisco's Exploratorium. The experience changed his life, and computers have been close to Ethan ever since. Now a principal at Mediatrope, an award-winning multimedia company in San Francisco, Ethan has many Macs to script, when he is not writing books and teaching about AppleScript.

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For more information on AppleScript and scripting applications in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9, check out my book, AppleScript for Applications: Visual QuickStart Guide, published by Peachpit Press.

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