Table of Contents

•	Table of Contents
•	Index
•	Reviews
•	CD-ROM
•	Reader Reviews
•	Errata
•	Academic
•	Top Ten AppleScript Tips

AppleScript: The Missing Manual
By Adam Goldstein
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: February 2005
ISBN	: 0-596-00850-3
Pages	: 350

		Copyright
		The Missing Credits
			About the Author
			About the Creative Team
			Acknowledgments
			The Missing Manual Series
		Foreword
		Introduction
			Uses for AppleScript
			Advantages and Disadvantages
			About This Book
		Part I:  AppleScript Overview
			Chapter 1.  Setting Up AppleScript
				Section 1.1.  The Script Menu
				Section 1.2.  Working with the Scripts You Have
			Chapter 2.  Using Script Editor
				Section 2.1.  The Script Editor Look
				Section 2.2.  Script Formats
				Section 2.3.  Setting Script Editor's Preferences
			Chapter 3.  Building a Script from Scratch
				Section 3.1.  Getting Started
				Section 3.2.  Commanding Other Programs
		Part II:  Everyday Scripting Tasks
			Chapter 4.  Manipulating Text
				Section 4.1.  String Notation
				Section 4.2.  Getting Text Back from Dialog Boxes
				Section 4.3.  Linking Strings Together
				Section 4.4.  Multiline Strings
				Section 4.5.  Scripting TextEdit
				Section 4.6.  Adding Word Count
				Section 4.7.  Commanding Microsoft Word
				Section 4.8.  Running Scripts from Text
			Chapter 5.  Controlling Files
				Section 5.1.  File Path Boot Camp
				Section 5.2.  Displaying Folders
				Section 5.3.  Moving Files Around
				Section 5.4.  Backing Up Files
				Section 5.5.  Deleting Files
				Section 5.6.  Picking a File from a Dialog Box
				Section 5.7.  Saving Files
			Chapter 6.  Creating Lists
				Section 6.1.  Common List Commands
				Section 6.2.  Displaying Lists
				Section 6.3.  The Ever-Useful every Keyword
				Section 6.4.  List Processing
				Section 6.5.  Joining Lists Together
				Section 6.6.  Inputting Lists
				Section 6.7.  Getting Lists from Other Programs
			Chapter 7.  Organizing and Editing Graphics
				Section 7.1.  Scripting iPhoto
				Section 7.2.  Controlling Photoshop
				Section 7.3.  Image Events
			Chapter 8.  Playing Sound and Video
				Section 8.1.  Scripting iTunes
				Section 8.2.  Speaking and Listening
				Section 8.3.  Scripting QuickTime
			Chapter 9.  Internet and Network Scripting
				Section 9.1.  Internet Connect
				Section 9.2.  Safari
				Section 9.3.  Address Book
				Section 9.4.  Mail
				Section 9.5.  iChat Control
				Section 9.6.  URL Access Scripting
				Section 9.7.  Recalling Passwords
			Chapter 10.  Organizing Information in Databases
				Section 10.1.  Record Notation
				Section 10.2.  Making a Simple AppleScript Database
				Section 10.3.  Getting File Information
				Section 10.4.  Scripting FileMaker Pro
		Part III:  Power-User Features
			Chapter 11.  Linking Scripts to Folders with Folder Actions
				Section 11.1.  Enabling Folder Actions
				Section 11.2.  Built-in Actions
				Section 11.3.  Running Your Own Actions
			Chapter 12.  Scripting Programs That Don't Have Dictionaries
				Section 12.1.  Enabling GUI Scripting
				Section 12.2.  GUI Scripting Basics
				Section 12.3.  Controlling Menus
				Section 12.4.  Clicking Buttons
				Section 12.5.  Deciphering Interface Hierarchies
				Section 12.6.  Fake Typing
			Chapter 13.  Mixing AppleScript and Unix
				Section 13.1.  Terminal
				Section 13.2.  Unix Without Terminal
				Section 13.3.  Running Superuser Commands
				Section 13.4.  Running AppleScripts from Unix
				Section 13.5.  Scheduling AppleScript Commands
			Chapter 14.  Testing and Debugging Scripts
				Section 14.1.  First Line of Defense: The Compiler
				Section 14.2.  Noting Important Events
				Section 14.3.  Preventing Errors
				Section 14.4.  Isolating and Handling Errors
				Section 14.5.  The Xcode Debugger
			Chapter 15.  AppleScript Studio
				Section 15.1.  What Is AppleScript Studio?
				Section 15.2.  Making a Program
		Part IV:  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  AppleScript Support in Common Programs
				Section A.1.  Databases
				Section A.2.  Email Programs
				Section A.3.  Graphics Editors
				Section A.4.  Page Layout Programs
				Section A.5.  Plain Text Editors
				Section A.6.  Word Processors
				Section A.7.  Web Browsers
			Appendix B.  Moving from HyperCard to AppleScript
				Section B.1.  Data Types
				Section B.2.  Dialog Boxes
				Section B.3.  Existence
				Section B.4.  Numbers
				Section B.5.  Pausing
				Section B.6.  Ranges
				Section B.7.  Repeat Statements
				Section B.8.  Subroutines
				Section B.9.  Variables
			Appendix C.  Where to Go from Here
				Section C.1.  Web Sites
				Section C.2.  Discussion Lists
				Section C.3.  Books
		Colophon
		Index