| AppleScript is an easy-to-use scripting language that allows you |
to control applications on a Macintosh. With AppleScript, | you can speed up processes, reduce user error, and ensure | consistency. It also enables automated workflows and routine | tasks, unattended operation 24 hours a day, and even cross-platform | scripting. Author Ben Waldie carefully explains all of these | capabilities and more in this Virtual Training Company tutorial. | | Tutorials covered on this CD: | Introduction | About this CD | What is AppleScript? | What is AppleScript good for? | Companies using AppleScript | What is installed with AppleScript? | | AppleScript Basics | What is an Apple Event? | What is OSA? | What is Object Oriented? | Scripting vs. Programming | Different Types of Scripts | Scriptable Applications | | Introduction to the Script Editor | What is the Script Editor and where is it located? | Buttons | Event Log | Result Window | AppleScript formatting | Default window size | Saving a Script | Running a Script | | Language | Application Dictionaries | Vocabulary | Scripting Addition Dictionaries | Application terminology vs. Core Language | | Recording | Recordable applications | Recording | Recording vs. writing | | AppleScript Fundamentals (Part 1) | AppleScriptís Syntax | Statements | Commands | Expressions | Objects | Ways to refer to an object | Object properties | | Tell Statements | Tell statements | Nested tell statements | Cross network tell statements | | AppleScript Fundamentals (Part 2) | Get | Set | Data types and classes | Coercion | | Variables | What is a variable? | It and Me | Global and Local variables | Result variable | | AppleScript Fundamentals (Part 3) | Operators | Commenting | Continuation | If/then/else statements | Repeat loops | Repeat loop example | | Scripting applications | Activating an application | Quark Xpress Demo | | Finder scripting | Finder as an application | Finder objects | Recording Finder Scripts | Path names and aliases | Finder Demo 1 | Finder Demo 2 | | User interaction | Display dialog | Getting user entered text | Choose file | Choose folder | Choose application | Drag and drop | | Error Handling | Compile errors | Try/on error/end try | Beeps and Display Dialogs | Timeouts: | Using the Result Window and Event Log | Stopping a Script with an error number ñ128 | Commenting out lines | | AppleScript Fundamentals (Part 4) | Stopping a Script | Properties | Attachable applications | | Handlers | Handlers | Declaring values in handlers | Subroutine handlers and Command Handlers | Recursion | Calling handlers from other Scripts | | Script objects | Writing Script objects | Running Script objects | Loading Script objects | | High powered Scripting | Accessing "Hidden" capabilities of Applications | Scripting Additions and Faceless Applications | 3rd party scripting applications | What to do when an application is not Scriptable | Debugging complex scripts with 3rd party tools | Building applications with FaceSpan | System Scripting Tools | | Other uses for AppleScript | Scripting for the web, CGI | Scriptable Speech | | Getting started | AppleScript books | AppleScript classes | Web sites | Help modules |
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