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Script Tools 1.3-1
Copyright © 1993-1994
Mark Alldritt All Rights Reserved
This package contains a series of AppleScript additions which add functionality
to the AppleScript language. Version 1.3-1 of Script Tools adds the following
commands to AppleScript:
Choose Folder This command presents a standard file selection
dialog which allows the user to select a folder.
Choose New File This command presents a standard file selection
dialog permitting the user to name a new file.
Choose Several Files This command presents a modified standard file
selection dialog box allowing the user to choose
several files at one time.
Choose Several Folders This command is similar to Choose Several Files
except that it permits the selection of folders
instead of files.
Get Default Folder
Set Default Folder These two commands allow your scripts to get and
set the default folder and volume used in Choose
File and Folder commands.
Shutdown Shuts down and optionally restarts the Macintosh
Compile Regular Expression
Match Regular Expression
Substitute Regular Expression
These three commands allow you to perform text
pattern matching operations within AppleScript.
Open File, Close File, Create File, Create Folder, Delete File
Rename File, Exchange File, Move File
Read File, Write File
Get File Length, Lengthen File
Get File Position, Position File
This series of commands allows your AppleScript
scripts to manipulate files.
List Processes, Get Process,
Get Foreground Process,
Get Current Process This series of commands allows you write scripts
that manipulate running applications.
List Screens Obtains a list of the display screens attached
to the Macintosh.
Speak, List Voices, Get Voice
This series of commands allows you to write
AppleScript scripts which use the Apple Speech
Manager to say text messages.
Get Gestalt Accesses Gestalt information
The package also contains some example AppleScript scripts which illustrate
the use of these commands.
Requirements:
You must have System 7 or later and AppleScript 1.0 or later installed on your
Macintosh to make use of the software in this package. A Word Processor
capable of reading MS Word 5 format files is required to display the
documentation (you can also use the Open Dictionary command in the AppleScript
Script Editor to view a breif descrition of each Script Tools command).
Apple's Speech Manager is required to use the Speak, List Voices, and Get
Voice commands.
* * * This package does NOT contain the AppleScript software * * *
* * * This package does NOT contain the Speech Manager software * * *
Using & Copying Script Tools:
Script Tools is freeware for personal use. Please feel free to distribute
Script Tools to friends and colleagues. However, Script Tools may not appear
as part of any promotional offer or commercial product without the author's
expressed written permission. Commercial re-distrbution licences are available
at a modest price through the author.
When distributing Script Tools, please distribute the entire package as you
received it.
Installation:
To install Script Tools copy the contents of the Additions folder to the
Scripting Additions folder within the Extensions folder in your System Folder.
Upgrading:
Script Tools 1.3 introduces changes which will effect your existing scripts.
The definition of the reply record returned by the Choose New File command has
been changed. The name returned field has been changed to filename returned.
This change was made to avoid terminology conflicts with StuffIt Deluxe.
Version History:
Version 1.3-1 May 1994
- Corrected a memory management problem in the Regular Expressions Addition
- A problem with the Speak command where it would speak the only the first
255 characters of any string passed to it has been corrected.
- Updated me E-mail address
Version 1.3-0 September 1993
- Addition of the Create Folder command
- Change terminology for the Choose New File command to avoid a conflict with
StuffIt Deluxe
Version 1.2-0 September 1993
- Addition of the Speak, List Voices, Get Voice, Get Gestalt, Rename File,
Exchange File, Move File, List Processes, Get Process, Get Current Process,
Get Foreground Process and List Screens commands
- Corrected a bug in the Create File command which limited path names to 63
characters. The limit is now 255 characters
- New example scripts for some of the new commands
- Addition of the gestalt Selector Lib file which defines all the Gestalt
selectors documented in Inside Mac VI
- Updated documentation now describes all the ScriptTools commands
Version 1.1-0 July 1993
- Addition of the Shutdown, Regular Expression and File IO Additions to the
package
- Addition of new example scripts
Version 1.0-0 June 1993
- First public release of Script Tools
Contact Information:
Please send all registrations, comments, questions or suggestions to me at
the following address:
Mark Alldritt
1571 Deep Cove Road
North Vancouver, B.C.
CANADA V7G-1S4
alldritt@wimsey.com
My e-mail address changed at the beginning of 1994. If you have been trying to
reach me since then, I have not received your messages. I apologize for not
responding to any quiries you may have made.