Missing Manual Ser.: AppleScript: the Missing Manual : The Missing Manual by Adam Goldstein (2005, Trade Paperback)

O'reilly, Incorporated

0596008503

9780596008505

44775971

ADAM Goldstein

Applescript: the Missing Manual : the Missing Manual

Trade Paperback

English

Missing Manual Ser.

2005

Textbook

352 Pages

9.2in

0.9in

7in

20.2 Oz

Qa76.73.A67

The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series;Foreword;Introduction; Uses for AppleScript; Advantages and Disadvantages; About This Book;Part I: AppleScript Overview; Chapter 1: Setting Up AppleScript; 1.1 The Script Menu; 1.2 Working with the Scripts You Have; Chapter 2: Using Script Editor; 2.1 The Script Editor Look; 2.2 Script Formats; 2.3 Setting Script Editor's Preferences; Chapter 3: Building a Script from Scratch; 3.1 Getting Started; 3.2 Commanding Other Programs;Part II: Everyday Scripting Tasks; Chapter 4: Manipulating Text; 4.1 String Notation; 4.2 Getting Text Back from Dialog Boxes; 4.3 Linking Strings Together; 4.4 Multiline Strings; 4.5 Scripting TextEdit; 4.6 Adding Word Count; 4.7 Commanding Microsoft Word; 4.8 Running Scripts from Text; Chapter 5: Controlling Files; 5.1 File Path Boot Camp; 5.2 Displaying Folders; 5.3 Moving Files Around; 5.4 Backing Up Files; 5.5 Deleting Files; 5.6 Picking a File from a Dialog Box; 5.7 Saving Files; Chapter 6: Creating Lists; 6.1 Common List Commands; 6.2 Displaying Lists; 6.3 The Ever-Useful every Keyword; 6.4 List Processing; 6.5 Joining Lists Together; 6.6 Inputting Lists; 6.7 Getting Lists from Other Programs; Chapter 7: Organizing and Editing Graphics; 7.1 Scripting iPhoto; 7.2 Controlling Photoshop; 7.3 Image Events; Chapter 8: Playing Sound and Video; 8.1 Scripting iTunes; 8.2 Speaking and Listening; 8.3 Scripting QuickTime; Chapter 9: Internet and Network Scripting; 9.1 Internet Connect; 9.2 Safari; 9.3 Address Book; 9.4 Mail; 9.5 iChat Control; 9.6 URL Access Scripting; 9.7 Recalling Passwords; Chapter 10: Organizing Information in Databases; 10.1 Record Notation; 10.2 Making a Simple AppleScript Database; 10.3 Getting File Information; 10.4 Scripting FileMaker Pro;Part III: Power-User Features; Chapter 11: Linking Scripts to Folders with Folder Actions; 11.1 Enabling Folder Actions; 11.2 Built-in Actions; 11.3 Running Your Own Actions; Chapter 12: Scripting Programs That Don't Have Dictionaries; 12.1 Enabling GUI Scripting; 12.2 GUI Scripting Basics; 12.3 Controlling Menus; 12.4 Clicking Buttons; 12.5 Deciphering Interface Hierarchies; 12.6 Fake Typing; Chapter 13: Mixing AppleScript and Unix; 13.1 Terminal; 13.2 Unix Without Terminal; 13.3 Running Superuser Commands; 13.4 Running AppleScripts from Unix; 13.5 Scheduling AppleScript Commands; Chapter 14: Testing and Debugging Scripts; 14.1 First Line of Defense: The Compiler; 14.2 Noting Important Events; 14.3 Preventing Errors; 14.4 Isolating and Handling Errors; 14.5 The Xcode Debugger; Chapter 15: AppleScript Studio; 15.1 What Is AppleScript Studio?; 15.2 Making a Program;Part IV: Appendixes; Appendix A: AppleScript Support in Common Programs; A.1 Databases; A.2 Email Programs; A.3 Graphics Editors; A.4 Page Layout Programs; A.5 Plain Text Editors; A.6 Word Processors; A.7 Web Browsers; Appendix B: Moving from HyperCard to AppleScript; B.1 Data Types; B.2 Dialog Boxes; B.3 Existence; B.4 Numbers; B.5 Pausing; B.6 Ranges; B.7 Repeat Statements; B.8 Subroutines; B.9 Variables; Appendix C: Where to Go from Here; C.1 Web Sites; C.2 Discussion Lists; C.3 Books;Colophon;

2005

Scholarly & Professional

Operating Systems / Apple (Mac OS & iOS), General, Hardware / Personal Computers / Macintosh, Desktop Applications / Word Processing

2005-299050

005.43

22

Yes

Computers