Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Language Guide / Part 2 - AppleScript Language Reference

Chapter 7 - Control Statements / Tell Statements

Tell (Simple Statement)

A simple Tell statement specifies the object to which to send a command.

SYNTAX

tell referenceToObject to statement 

where

referenceToObject is a reference to an application object, system object, or
script object.

statement is any AppleScript statement.

EXAMPLE

tell front window of application "Scriptable Text Editor" to close

NOTES

If referenceToObject specifies an application on a remote computer, additional conditions must be met. These conditions are described in "References to Applications," which begins on page 145.

If referenceToObject specifies an application on the same computer that is not running, AppleScript launches the application.