Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Language Guide /

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Chapter 1 AppleScript, Scripts, and Scriptable Applications 3

Figure 1-1 Changing text style with the mouse and with a script 4

Figure 1-2 A script that performs a repetitive action 6

Figure 1-3 A script that copies information from one application to another 8

Figure 1-4 Different ways to run a script 9

Chapter 2 Overview of AppleScript 13

Figure 2-1 How AppleScript works 15

Figure 2-2 How AppleScript gets the Scriptable Text Editor dictionary 20

Chapter 3 Values 33

Figure 3-1 Value class definition for lists 34

Figure 3-2 Coercions supported by AppleScript 69

Table 3-1 AppleScript value class identifiers 39

Chapter 4 Commands 71

Figure 4-1 Command definition for the Move command 77

Figure 4-2 The Scriptable Text Editor document "simple" 95

Table 4-1 Standard application commands defined in this chapter 85

Table 4-2 AppleScript commands defined in this chapter 86

Chapter 5 Objects and References 119

Figure 5-1 The Scriptable Text Editor's object class definition for
paragraph objects 121

Figure 5-2 The Scriptable Text Editor document "simple" 137

Table 5-1 Reference forms 126

Table 5-2 Boolean expressions and tests in Filter references 142

Chapter 6 Expressions 149

Table 6-1 AppleScript operators 163

Table 6-2 Operator precedence 179

Chapter 8 Handlers 221

Figure 8-1 Scope of property and variable declarations at the top level
of a script 254

Figure 8-2 Scope of property and variable declarations at the top level
of a script object 258

Figure 8-3 Scope of variable declarations within a handler 263

Chapter 9 Script Objects 265

Figure 9-1 Relationship between a simple child script and its parent 273

Figure 9-2 Another child-parent relationship 273

Figure 9-3 A more complicated child-parent relationship 274

Appendix A The Language at a Glance 289

Table A-1 Command syntax 290

Table A-2 Reference form syntax 294

Table A-3 Container notation in references 296

Table A-4 Operators 297

Table A-5 Control statements 300

Table A-6 Handler definitions and calls 302

Table A-7 Script objects 303

Table A-8 Assignments and declarations 304

Table A-9 Predefined variables 305

Table A-10 Constants defined by AppleScript 305

Table A-11 Placeholders used in syntax descriptions 308

Appendix B Scriptable Text Editor Dictionary 313

Figure B-1 Bounds and Position properties of a Scriptable Text Editor window 327

Table B-1 Variations from standard behavior in Scriptable Text Editor versions of standard application commands 345

Table B-2 Other Scriptable Text Editor commands 347