Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Finder Guide /

Preface - About This Guide

For More Information

Getting Started

See the book Getting Started With AppleScript to learn what hardware and software you need to use AppleScript; how to install AppleScript; and
how to run, record, and edit scripts.

AppleScript Language

See the AppleScript Language Guide: English Dialect (referred to in this book as the AppleScript Language Guide) for complete information about the commands and other terms provided by the English dialect of the AppleScript scripting language and by the Scriptable Text Editor application.

Scripting Additions

Scripting additions are files that provide additional commands or coercions you can use in scripts. A standard set of scripting additions comes with AppleScript. Scripting additions are also sold commercially, included
with applications, and distributed through electronic bulletin boards and
user groups.

For more information about the scripting additions that come with AppleScript, see the AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide: English Dialect (referred to in this book as the AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide).

Other AppleScript Dialects

A dialect is a version of the AppleScript language that resembles a particular human language or a programming language. This guide describes the terms defined by the Finder for use with the AppleScript English dialect. Versions of the Finder for use with other dialects work the same way but define terms and syntax appropriate for those dialects.