Chapter 1 Introduction to Scripting Additions 1Figure 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 89Listing 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 106Table A-2 Placeholders used in syntax descriptions 110