Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide /

Chapter 1 Introduction to Scripting Additions 1

Figure 1-1 A scripting addition icon 1

Chapter 2 Scripting Addition Commands 5

Figure 2-1 A Choose Application dialog box 14

Figure 2-2 A Choose File dialog box 16

Figure 2-3 A Choose Folder dialog box 18

Figure 2-4 A Display Dialog dialog box 23

Figure 2-5 Alert icons 26

Figure 2-6 A New File dialog box 38

Figure 2-7 The Script Editor's Event Log window 61

Table 2-1 Scripting addition commands described in this guide 6

Listing 2-1 Reading a specific record from a text-based database file 72

Listing 2-2 Deleting a record from a text-based database file 74

Listing 2-3 Inserting a record in a database file 77

Listing 2-4 Opening a file for write access and creating one if the file doesn't exist 82

Chapter 3 Writing Scripting Additions 85

Listing 3-1 Resource type declaration for the 'osiz' resource 89

Listing 3-2 Classes array for a scripting addition that returns a record 92

Listing 3-3 Play Sound scripting addition 94

Appendix Scripting Additions at a Glance 105

Table A-1 Command syntax for standard AppleScript scripting
additions 106

Table A-2 Placeholders used in syntax descriptions 110