The UTILITY SCRIPTS COLLECTION is a series of AppleScript scripts to serve both as productive tools and to demonstrate the abilities and usefulness of AppleScript.
AppleScript comes free with every Mac OS and is the language used by the computer to control the actions of not only the machine itself, but also the applications running within the Mac OS. AppleScript can be used to comunicate and transfer information and data between applications, between computers, between networks, and between you and applications, computers, and networks.
For more scripts and information about you can take advantage of this remarkable tool, please visit the AppleScript website at: http://applescript.apple.com
The following text is a general overview of each script and what it does.
Scripts compatible with both System 7 and Mac OS 8
Add Prefix/Suffix to Folders Ñ This script will prompt you for the location of a folder and for a prefix or suffix to be added to the names of folders within in the chosen folder. For example, you could choose to add the prefix ╥Smith.╙ to the name of every folder within a folder.
Add Prefix/Suffix to Files Ñ This script will prompt you for the location of a folder and for a prefix or suffix to be added to the names of files within in the chosen folder. For example, you could choose to add the suffix ╥.TXT╙ to the name of every file within a folder.
Info for Selected Items [Droplet] Ñ This script will post dialogs containing information about selected items on the Desktop. The displayed information includes: kind, date created, date modified, file type, creator code, size, version, name, and whether the selected item is an alias. To use, select some items in the Finder and drag them onto the script's icon.
Make Alias of Selected Item(s) [Droplet] Ñ This script will make aliases of selected items to a chosen folder. To use the script, drag an tiem or items onto the script's icon and choose a destination folder from the forthcoming dialog. An alias will be created for each of the items and placed in the target folder.
Total Size of Selected Items [Droplet] Ñ This script will post a dialog informing you of the combined size of the selected desktop items. To use, select one or more items in the Finder and drag them onto the script's icon.
Trim File Names Ñ This script will prompt you for a folder and then ask for the text you want to trim from either the beginning or ending of the file names of the files within the chosen folder.
Launcher Setup Ñ This script will aid you in setting the preferences for the Launcher Control panel. It will setup any or all of the following categories of items: Applications, Folders, Files, and AppleScript applets.
Go to Webiste Ñ This script will open your browser applicaton and go to a location (URL) which you've stored in the script's memory. By default, the location is set to the AppleScript Webite (http://applescript.apple.com), but you can change it to any location you want. The script will work automatically with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Other browsers will require a single click from the user on a page-link.
Scripts compatible with Mac OS 8 only
Since this script uses some of the new features available only in Mac OS 8, they are not compatible with computers running System 7.
Desktop Pattern Slideshow Ñ This script serves two functions: you can use it to choose a new desktop pattern, or just watch a slideshow on your desktop of the available patterns in the Desktop Pictures control panel.
Desktop Picture Slideshow Ñ This script serves two functions: you can use it to choose a new desktop picture, or just watch a slideshow on your desktop of the available pictures in the Desktop Pictures control panel. When the script is launched it will prompt you for a folder containing the JPEG or PICT files to display on your desktop. In the Apple Extras folder on your startup disk is a folder called: Sample Desktop Pictures. This folder contains some sample desktop pictures. Choose this folder if you don't have some images of your own to view.
Setup Popup Folders Ñ This script can automate the process of setting up popup folders along the bottom of your screen. When launched you have the option of picking new folders to convert to popups or to re-activate those folders stored in the scripts memory.
Revert All Popup Folders Ñ This script will convert all popup folders back to normal folders.
Set View Prefs for All Folders Ñ This script copy the view preferences of a chosen folder window and apply those preferences to every folder within the chosen folder. For example, you could set the parent folder for list view with the kind, and date modified showing. Each folder within the chosen folder will have those setting applied to it. You can also have the script apply those settings to nested folders (folders within folders, within folders, etc.) but be aware that it make take some time to process a large number of nested folders.
