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24U Appearance OSAX 2.0

This ReadMe file contains some important information about 24U Appearance OSAX, such as system requirements, installation guide, quick start, troubleshooting, licence notice, contact information, and copyright statement.

1. Introduction

24U Appearance OSAX is a Scripting Addition. It extends AppleScript™ by a few very easy-to-use commands to post notifications, display enhanced Appearance alerts, floating message windows, floating progress indicators, and even better dialogs such as this one:
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2. System Requirements

Minimum requirements:

	- Macintosh with G3 or better processor
	- Mac OS 10.1

Recommended configuration:

	- Any Power Macintosh G4, PowerBook, iMac, or iBook
	- Mac OS 10.1 or newer

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3. Installation

To install 24U Appearance OSAX, follow these easy steps:

1.	If you did not do this yet, please download and expand the 24U Appearance OSAX archive and open the dmg file.
2.	Open the expanded 24U Appearance OSAX folder.
3.	Remove any previous version of Appearance OSAX from your “ScriptingAdditions” folder.
4.	Copy the “24U Appearance OSAX” icon into your “ScriptingAdditions” folder of your Library folder which is located in your Home directory.
5.	Run the script editor or sample scripts and enjoy!

4. Quick Start

24U Appearance OSAX is really very easy to use. The best way to understand what it can do is to go through the included Sample Scripts. Simply run each of the applets, step by step, and examine their behavior. When you are done, you can simply drag any of the applets and drop it onto the Script Editor's icon. The applet will open in an editing window so that you will see how it was created. You can even modify the code and test how your changes affect the applet's behavior.

5. Troubleshooting

Before you contact our technical support regarding problems or difficulties using 24U Appearance OSAX, please check if your issue is not listed below:

• Floating windows do not work
If you are running Mac OS X Jaguar Developer Preview, floating windows will not work due to a bug in AE.framework.

• I cannot post notification more than once.
You probably don't remove the previously posted notification. A new notification cannot be posted until the previous one is removed with the “remove notification” command.

• I can display a “better” dialog but I don't know how to get data from it?
There is a sample script called “display better dialog” in the “Sample Scripts” folder. Open the script in your script editor, and you'll see couple of examples on how to gather data from different kinds of dialogs.

• I can not find Scripting Additions folder inside of my Library folder
If you do not have there the "ScriptingAdditions" folder, just create one and place 24U Appearance OSAX there. Do not type space between Scripting and Additions words otherwise AppleScript will not find your new scripting addition. If it didn't work, you may also copy that file to your Scripting Additions folder of your Library folder which is located in your System folder on your startup disk, This will, however, need an administrator privileges to copy it into your System/Library/ScriptingAdditions folder. However, copying 24U Appearance OSAX to System/Library/ScriptingAdditions will enable it for all users logged in your computer.

If your problem is not listed above or if the recommended solution does not work for you, please contact our technical support by e-mail at <support@24u.cz>.

6. Shareware Notice

Please note that 24U Appearance OSAX is SHAREWARE. That means it is not free and you have to pay a licence fee if you want to keep it. You can install 24U Appearance OSAX and try it for the period of 14 days. After this period, 24U Appearance OSAX can stop working and require a registration code. We will provide you with your registration code after you pay for your licence.

You can freely distribute 24U Appearance OSAX as long as you distribute the original compacted archive untouched and you don't charge money for the distribution. If you want to distribute 24U Appearance OSAX on a physical medium, such as CD-ROM, or if you want to distribute it in other form than the original compacted archive, you should ask for our permission.

You can find detailed licence terms in the file named “Licence Agreement”.

7. Contact Information

You can contact us at one of the following addresses. We prefer contacting us via e-mail, but you can use any other method if e-mail is not good enough for you.

E-mail:	info@24u.cz	general information about our products and our company
	eval@24u.cz	free evaluation codes registration
	sales@24u.cz	paid licences ordering and registration
	support@24u.cz	technical support and bug reports

WWW:	http://www.24u.cz/

Phone/fax:    +420-(0)2-577 61 613

Snail mail:	24U s.r.o.
	Skochovická 88
	252 45  Zvole u Prahy
	Czech Republic

8. Copyright

The software 24U Appearance OSAX is copyright ©2000-2002 24U s.r.o. All rights reserved.