Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Language Guide / Part 3 - Appendixes

Appendix A - The Language at a Glance

Constants

Table A-10 lists constants defined by AppleScript.

As with all other identifiers, constants are not case sensitive. For example, false, False, and FALSE are all treated as the same constant.

Constants defined by AppleScript

Identifier	Meaning
Attributes specified in Considering and Ignoring statements
application responses	If ignored, AppleScript doesn't wait for responses from application commands before proceeding to the next statement in a script and ignores any results or errors returned.
case	If considered, AppleScript distinguishes uppercase letters from lowercase.
diacriticals	If ignored, AppleScript ignores diacritical marks in string comparisons.
expansion	If ignored, AppleScript treats the characters æ, -->, œ, and Œ as single characters and thus not equal to the character pairs ae, AE, oe, and OE.
hyphens	If ignored, AppleScript ignores hyphens in string comparisons
punctuation	If ignored, AppleScript ignores punctuation marks in string comparisons.
white space	If ignored, AppleScript ignores spaces, tab characters, and return characters in string comparisons.
Text styles
all caps	All caps
all lowercase	All lowercase
bold	Boldface
condensed	Condensed
expanded	Expanded
hidden	Hidden
italic	Italic
outline	Outline
plain	Plain text
shadow	Shadow
small caps	Small caps
strikethrough	Strikethrough
subscript	Subscript
superscript	Superscript
underline	Underline
Save options
ask	Ask user whether to save modified object or objects.
no	Don't save modified object or objects.
yes	Save modified object or objects.
Alignment
center	Centered
full	Justified
left	Flush left
right	Flush right
Boolean constants
false	The Boolean false value.
true	The Boolean true value.
Miscellaneous
current application	Either the default target application or whatever application is currently set as a script's parent property.