Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X by Hamish Sanderson, Hanaan Rosenthal

Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X



Download Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X




Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X Hamish Sanderson, Hanaan Rosenthal
Language: English
Page: 1082
Format: pdf
ISBN: 1430223618, 9781430223610
Publisher: Apress

AppleScript is an English-like, easy-to-understand scripting language built into every Mac. AppleScript can automate hundreds of AppleScriptable applications, performing tasks both large and small, complex and simple.

Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X, Third Edition has been completely updated for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It’s all here, with an emphasis on practical information that will help you solve any automation problem—from the most mundane repetitive tasks to highly integrated workflows of complex systems.

Friendly enough for beginners, detailed enough for advanced AppleScripters Includes major contributions from expert AppleScripters: Emmanuel Levy, Harald Monihart, Ian Piper, Shane Stanley, Barry Wainwright, Craig Williams, and foreword by AppleScript inventor, William Cook What you’ll learn See how AppleScript represents information as objects—including numbers, strings, lists, and records. Learn how to manipulate these objects using commands and operators, and how to store them in variables. Organize your code using handlers and script objects. Understand how applications describe their objects and commands in dictionaries and how to interpret that information when learning to script applications. Manipulate the Mac OS X file system. Automate iTunes, Mail, iCal, and other popular lifestyle applications in Mac OS X. Discover sophisticated text processing techniques using regular expressions. Script professional productivity applications—Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, and Adobe InDesign. Harness the power of the Unix command line in Mac OS X. Create your own Cocoa applications with the new AppleScriptObjC bridge. Who this book is for

First-time scripters who want to automate tasks on their Macs; existing AppleScripters looking to develop proficient, professional, or guru-level knowledge and skills; professional Mac OS X developers wishing to understand this powerful and pervasive technology.

Table of Contents Introducing AppleScript   AppleScript in Principle   AppleScript in Practice   Writing Scripts in AppleScript Editor   Understanding How Application Scripting Works   Learning to Work with AppleScript Objects   Working with Text   Working with Numbers    Working with Dates Working with Lists and Records    Storing Objects in Variables More on Commands    More on Operators and Coercions  Making Decisions Using Conditionals and Loops  Making Decisions When Dealing with Errors    Interacting with the User    Working with Files    Organizing Your Code with Handlers    Organizing Your Code with Script Objects    Scripting the File System    Scripting Apple Applications  Extending AppleScript with Scripting Additions    AppleScript Amenities  Scripting iWork and Office    Scripting Data and Databases  Scripting Adobe InDesign  Interacting with the Unix Command Line

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