Sams Teach Yourself AppleScript in 24 Hours [Pehme köide]

Introduction		1	(1)
Who Should Read This Book		2	(1)
How This Book Is Organized		2	(1)
Conventions Used in This Book		3	(2)
Part I Getting Started with AppleScript		5	(76)
Introducing AppleScript		7	(12)
AppleScript Success Stories		8	(2)
Mac OS X		9	(1)
Real Estate and Other Listings		9	(1)
ShowTime		9	(1)
Responding to Disk Insertions with Scripts		10	(1)
Scripting Versus Point-and-Click		10	(2)
Using Unused Computer Time		11	(1)
Automating Complex Tasks		11	(1)
Automating Routine but Simple Tasks		11	(1)
Working with Speech Recognition		11	(1)
Watching for Special Cases and Conditions		12	(1)
What Makes AppleScript Special: Syntactical Scripting		12	(1)
How AppleScript Works: Overview		13	(1)
Apple Events		13	(1)
Application Support		13	(1)
Framework Support		14	(1)
AppleScript Syntax		14	(1)
Suites		14	(1)
Classes		15	(1)
Commands		15	(1)
AppleScript Syntax for Programming		15	(2)
Control Structures		15	(1)
Constants		16	(1)
Variables		16	(1)
Interacting with Users		17	(1)
Summary		17	(1)
Q&A		17	(1)
Workshop		18	(1)
Quiz		18	(1)
Quiz Answers		18	(1)
Activity		18	(1)
Using AppleScript		19	(8)
Script Files		20	(1)
Applets		21	(1)
Droplets		21	(1)
Toolbar Scripts		22	(1)
Script Menu		22	(3)
Installing the Script Menu		24	(1)
Using the Script Menu		24	(1)
Modifying Script Menu		24	(1)
Removing Script Menu		24	(1)
Scripting Additions		25	(1)
Where to Get Scripts		25	(1)
Summary		25	(1)
Q&A		26	(1)
Workshop		26	(1)
Quiz		26	(1)
Quiz Answers		26	(1)
Activities		26	(1)
Running the Scripts You Already Have		27	(12)
Basics		28	(3)
Scripting Help Viewer		29	(1)
Using Scripts to Navigate the Web		30	(1)
Launching an Application with a Script		30	(1)
Finder Scripts		31	(1)
Info Scripts		31	(1)
Web Services		31	(2)
Mail Scripts		33	(2)
Navigation Scripts		35	(1)
Script Editor Scripts		35	(1)
Folder Action Scripts		35	(2)
ColorSync and FontSync Scripts		37	(1)
Summary		37	(1)
Q&A		37	(1)
Workshop		38	(1)
Quiz		38	(1)
Quiz Answers		38	(1)
Activities		38	(1)
Getting New Scripts from Apple and Running Them		39	(12)
The iPhoto Collection		40	(2)
Photo Summary		40	(1)
Show Image File		41	(1)
Photo to iDVD Background		41	(1)
The iDVD Collection		42	(2)
iDVD Companion		42	(1)
Create DVD from Folders, Photos, and More		43	(1)
Other Scripts		44	(1)
The iTunes Collection		44	(2)
Installing the iTunes Script Menu		44	(1)
Looking Up Artists on eMusic		45	(1)
Other Scripts		45	(1)
The QuickTime Collection		46	(1)
The EMBED Tag Wizard Script		46	(1)
The SMIL Suite		46	(1)
Other Scripts		46	(1)
The Toolbar Scripts		46	(2)
Customizing Your Desktop (Snapshot and Set View Options)		47	(1)
Image Manipulation Scripts		47	(1)
Summary		48	(1)
Q&A		48	(1)
Workshop		49	(2)
Quiz		49	(1)
Quiz Answers		49	(1)
Activities		49	(2)
Third-party Scripts and Applications That Simplify Your Life		51	(8)
Sites for Scripts		52	(3)
AppleScript Central		52	(1)
AppleScript Info		52	(2)
AppleScript Sourcebook		54	(1)
macscripter.net		55	(1)
ScriptWeb		55	(1)
Utility Scripts		55	(2)
iPhoto Librarian		56	(1)
MacSQL		56	(1)
Cronathon		56	(1)
email.cgi		56	(1)
acgi Dispatcher		56	(1)
Summary		57	(1)
Q&A		57	(1)
Workshop		57	(2)
Quiz		57	(1)
Quiz Answers		57	(1)
Activities		58	(1)
Looking Behind the Scenes: How These Scripts Work		59	(10)
Blocks		60	(1)
Subroutines		61	(2)
Using Parameters in Subroutines		61	(1)
Using Prepositions with Parameters		61	(2)
Handlers		63	(2)
Run		63	(1)
Open		64	(1)
Idle		65	(1)
Quit		65	(1)
Recursive Processing		65	(1)
Summary		66	(1)
Q&A		66	(1)
Workshop		66	(3)
Quiz		66	(1)
Quiz Answers		67	(1)
Activities		67	(2)
Basic Programming Concepts		69	(12)
Units of Control and Definition		70	(1)
Conditional Statements		71	(3)
Simple Conditional Statements		72	(1)
Compound Conditional Statements		72	(1)
Multiple Elses		72	(1)
Writing Good Conditional Statements		73	(1)
Returning from a Handler		74	(1)
Repetition		74	(3)
repeat forever		74	(1)
repeat x times		75	(1)
repeat while		75	(1)
repeat until		75	(1)
repeat with/from/to		76	(1)
repeat with/in		76	(1)
Try Blocks		77	(1)
Summary		78	(1)
Q&A		78	(1)
Workshop		79	(2)
Quiz		79	(1)
Quiz Answers		79	(1)
Activities		79	(2)
Part II Writing Scripts with Script Editor		81	(76)
Introducing Script Editor		83	(10)
Finding Your Way Around Script Editor		84	(2)
File Menu		84	(1)
Edit Menu		85	(1)
Controls Menu		86	(1)
Creating a Script		86	(1)
Checking Syntax		86	(2)
Working with Dictionaries		88	(2)
Looking at the Result		90	(1)
Looking at the Event Log		90	(1)
Summary		90	(1)
Q&A		91	(1)
Workshop		91	(2)
Quiz		91	(1)
Quiz Answers		91	(1)
Activities		92	(1)
Basic AppleScript Syntax		93	(14)
Tell Blocks		94	(2)
Telling an Application to Do Something		94	(1)
Telling an Object to Do Something		95	(1)
Nesting Tell Blocks		95	(1)
Single-line Tells		96	(1)
Commands		96	(1)
AppleScript Commands		96	(1)
User-defined Commands		97	(1)
Variables		97	(4)
User-defined Variables		97	(2)
AppleScript-defined Variables		99	(2)
Expressions		101	(1)
Control Statements		101	(1)
Optional Words		101	(1)
Script Structure		101	(4)
The Basic Script		102	(1)
Using Subroutines		103	(2)
Summary		105	(1)
Q&A		105	(1)
Workshop		105	(2)
Quiz		106	(1)
Quiz Answers		106	(1)
Activities		106	(1)
Scripting the Finder		107	(14)
References		108	(1)
Inheritance		109	(1)
Standard Suite: Terms That Most Applications Support		110	(3)
close		111	(1)
open		111	(1)
count		112	(1)
delete		112	(1)
make		112	(1)
Other Commands in the Finder Standard Suite		112	(1)
Standard Suite Commands Not Implemented in the Finder		112	(1)
Finder Basics		113	(2)
Elements		114	(1)
Properties		115	(1)
Finder Items		115	(1)
Container and Folders Suite		116	(1)
Files Suite		117	(1)
Window Classes Suite		117	(1)
Legacy Suite		117	(1)
Summary		117	(1)
Q&A		118	(1)
Workshop		118	(3)
Quiz		118	(1)
Quiz Answers		118	(1)
Activities		119	(2)
Scripting Mac OS X Applications from Apple		121	(14)
Reading a Dictionary		122	(2)
Find the application Class and Its Elements		123	(1)
Look at the Element Definitions		123	(1)
Repeat for Elements Contained Within Elements		124	(1)
iCal		124	(1)
Help Viewer		125	(1)
Mail		126	(1)
Address Book		127	(1)
TextEdit		128	(1)
DVD Player		129	(1)
Internet Connect		129	(1)
Print Center		129	(1)
Disk Copy		130	(1)
Image Capture Scripting		130	(1)
Terminal		130	(1)
Summary		131	(1)
Q&A		132	(1)
Workshop		132	(3)
Quiz		132	(1)
Quiz Answers		132	(1)
Activities		132	(3)
Scripting Mac OS X Applications from Third Parties		135	(12)
Scripting America Online		136	(1)
Scripting AppleWorks		137	(1)
Scripting FileMaker		138	(2)
Scripting Microsoft Office		140	(1)
Word		140	(1)
PowerPoint		141	(1)
Scripting Internet Explorer		141	(1)
Scripting Photoshop		142	(1)
Scripting Retrospect		143	(2)
Summary		145	(1)
Q&A		145	(1)
Workshop		146	(1)
Quiz		146	(1)
Quiz Answers		146	(1)
Activities		146	(1)
Interacting with Users		147	(10)
Telling the User Something		148	(2)
Asking the User Something		150	(1)
Other Ways of Communicating with Users		151	(1)
Speech Synthesis		151	(1)
Using Other Applications for Input and Output		152	(1)
Aqua Human Interface Guidelines		152	(2)
Summary		154	(1)
Q&A		154	(1)
Workshop		154	(3)
Quiz		154	(1)
Quiz Answers		155	(1)
Activities		155	(2)
Part III Working with AppleScript Studio		157	(122)
Introducing AppleScript Studio		159	(22)
Getting AppleScript Studio		160	(1)
What Is AppleScript Studio?		160	(4)
AppleScript Studio's Components		160	(2)
Looking at an AppleScript Studio Application		162	(2)
Getting Started with Project Builder		164	(4)
Looking at Interface Builder		168	(11)
Designing the Table View		168	(4)
Adding Other Interface Elements		172	(2)
Working with Handlers		174	(5)
Summary		179	(1)
Q&A		179	(1)
Workshop		180	(1)
Quiz		180	(1)
Quiz Answers		180	(1)
Activities		180	(1)
Building a Graphical AppleScript Studio Application		181	(20)
Writing a Simple AppleScript Studio Application		182	(5)
Create the Project		182	(1)
Set Up Interface Builder		183	(1)
Design the Window		183	(1)
Identify Window Elements		184	(3)
Write the Handler		187	(1)
Run the Application		187	(1)
A (Very) Little Programming Background		187	(6)
Properties		189	(1)
Elements		190	(2)
Commands		192	(1)
Events		192	(1)
Summing Up the Programming Details		193	(1)
Using Menus		193	(5)
Implementing a Menu Command		194	(1)
Factoring Your Application		195	(1)
Catching Errors		196	(1)
Enabling Menus		197	(1)
Summary		198	(1)
Q&A		198	(1)
Workshop		199	(2)
Quiz		199	(1)
Quiz Answers		199	(1)
Activities		199	(2)
Writing Code for AppleScript Studio		201	(20)
Working with Tab Views		202	(5)
Setting Up a Tab View		203	(2)
Using a Pop-up Menu to Control a Tab View		205	(2)
Using Pop-up Menus and Combination (Combo) Boxes		207	(3)
Using Connections to Get Pop-up Menu Values		208	(1)
Using AppleScript to Get Pop-up Menu Values		209	(1)
Finding Out About Events		210	(3)
Nib Handler		211	(1)
Action Handlers		211	(1)
Drag-and-Drop Handlers		212	(1)
Editing Handlers		212	(1)
Key Handlers		212	(1)
Mouse Handlers		212	(1)
View Handler		212	(1)
Special Handlers		212	(1)
Using Sliders		213	(1)
Using the Color Well and Image Views		214	(1)
Using Progress Indicators		214	(1)
Using Formatters		215	(3)
Summary		218	(1)
Q&A		218	(1)
Workshop		219	(2)
Quiz		219	(1)
Quiz Answers		219	(1)
Activities		219	(2)
Planning and Debugging AppleScript Studio Applications		221	(20)
Project Builder Preferences		222	(1)
Project Builder Targets		223	(8)
Summary Settings		224	(1)
Settings		225	(1)
Info.plist		226	(2)
Document Types		228	(2)
Build Phases		230	(1)
Project Builder Styles		231	(1)
Debugging Overview		232	(1)
Who Should Debug Applications?		233	(1)
When Do You Debug Applications?		233	(1)
Debugging with Script Editor		233	(1)
Debugging with Project Builder		233	(1)
Debugging with Project Builder's Debugger		234	(5)
Using Breakpoints		235	(1)
A Debugging Case Study		236	(2)
Debugging Strategies		238	(1)
Summary		239	(1)
Q&A		239	(1)
Workshop		239	(2)
Quiz		240	(1)
Quiz Answers		240	(1)
Activities		240	(1)
Adding Help to AppleScript Studio		241	(18)
Eliminating the Need for Help with Application Design		242	(5)
Data Entry		243	(3)
Command and Menu Design		246	(1)
Catching Errors		247	(1)
Providing Documentation		248	(1)
Providing Help Tags		248	(1)
Providing Button-driven Help		249	(5)
Adding an Image to Your Project		249	(3)
Implementing the Button		252	(2)
Interacting with Help Viewer		254	(1)
Summary		255	(1)
Q&A		256	(1)
Workshop		256	(3)
Quiz		257	(1)
Quiz Answers		257	(1)
Activities		257	(2)
Using Documents and Data Sources with AppleScript Studio		259	(20)
Working with Table and Outline Views		260	(2)
Working with Data Sources		262	(6)
Data Source Basics		262	(1)
Creating Data Sources		263	(1)
Adding Rows to Data Sources		264	(1)
Populating New Rows with Data		265	(2)
Bulk Additions to Data Sources		267	(1)
Extracting Data from Data Sources		267	(1)
Exploring the AppleScript Document Template		268	(4)
Working with Documents: High-level Approach		272	(2)
Storing Data to Disk		273	(1)
Retrieving Data from Disk		274	(1)
Working with Files: Low-level Approach		274	(2)
Storing Data to a File		275	(1)
Retrieving Data from a File		275	(1)
Summary		276	(1)
Q&A		276	(1)
Workshop		277	(2)
Quiz		277	(1)
Quiz Answers		277	(1)
Activities		277	(2)
Part IV Advanced Scripting		279	(82)
Advanced AppleScript Syntax		281	(16)
Script Objects		282	(10)
What Is a Script Object?		282	(1)
Script Objects as Instances		283	(4)
Inherited Script Objects		287	(4)
Design Considerations		291	(1)
GUI Scripting		292	(3)
Summary		295	(1)
Q&A		295	(1)
Workshop		295	(2)
Quiz		296	(1)
Quiz Answers		296	(1)
Activities		296	(1)
Creating AppleScripts to Control Multiple Applications		297	(14)
Basic Script Design		298	(2)
getData		298	(1)
createDocument		299	(1)
fillDocument		299	(1)
Extracting Data from Address Book and Placing It in Text Edit		300	(2)
getData		300	(1)
createDocument		300	(1)
fillDocument		300	(2)
Extracting Data from FileMaker and Placing It in Text Edit		302	(1)
getData		302	(1)
createDocument		303	(1)
fillDocument		303	(1)
Extracting Data from Address Book and Placing It in InDesign		303	(3)
getData		303	(1)
createDocument		304	(1)
fillDocument		305	(1)
Extracting Data from FileMaker and Placing It in InDesign		306	(1)
getData		306	(1)
createDocument		306	(1)
fillDocument		306	(1)
Creating Dynamic Pages with InDesign		306	(2)
getData		307	(1)
createDocument		307	(1)
fillDocument		307	(1)
Summary		308	(1)
Q&A		309	(1)
Workshop		309	(2)
Quiz		309	(1)
Quiz Answers		310	(1)
Activities		310	(1)
Using AppleScript Across a Network		311	(18)
Mounting Remote Disks		312	(1)
Mounting afp Volumes		312	(1)
Using the Server Name		313	(1)
Ejecting Disks		313	(1)
How AppleScript Works Across a Network		313	(1)
What You Need to Do on the Client Mac		314	(1)
What You Need to Do on the Server Mac		315	(3)
Allowing Remote Connections for File Sharing		316	(1)
Allowing Remote Connections for Apple Events		317	(1)
Setting Up User Accounts for Remote Access		317	(1)
Using AppleScript to Process CGI Requests		318	(3)
Creating the HTML		319	(1)
Modifying the Script from Apple		320	(1)
Using Web Services		321	(4)
XML-RPC		322	(1)
SOAP		322	(3)
Using Web Services with Script Editor		325	(1)
Using Web Services with AppleScript Studio		326	(1)
Summary		327	(1)
Q&A		327	(1)
Workshop		328	(1)
Quiz		328	(1)
Quiz Answers		328	(1)
Activities		328	(1)
Beyond AppleScript: Using Services		329	(12)
A Services Overview		330	(2)
How Services Work		332	(1)
Processor Services		332	(1)
Provider Services		332	(1)
Combination Services		332	(1)
Under the Hood		333	(1)
Enabling Services with AppleScript Studio		333	(4)
Why Use Services with AppleScript Studio?		337	(1)
Services from Script Editor		337	(1)
Make New AppleScript		337	(1)
Get Result of AppleScript		337	(1)
Run As AppleScript		338	(1)
Summary		338	(1)
Q&A		338	(1)
Workshop		338	(3)
Quiz		339	(1)
Quiz Answers		339	(1)
Activities		339	(2)
Beyond AppleScript: Shell Scripts, Perl, and Other Scripting Languages		341	(20)
Using Terminal		342	(7)
What Commands Are Available?		343	(1)
Using the Command Line		344	(1)
The Format of Commands		344	(1)
Using Files for Input, Output, and Errors		345	(1)
Using Files for Commands		346	(1)
Working with Files in Terminal		346	(1)
Listing a Directory and Displaying a File		347	(2)
Changing Permissions		349	(1)
Using sudo		349	(1)
Running AppleScript from Terminal		349	(3)
Running a Script from Terminal		350	(1)
Running AppleScript Commands from Terminal		351	(1)
Running AppleScript As Commands from Applications		352	(1)
Automatically Running Scripts		353	(3)
cron		353	(1)
periodic		354	(2)
Other Scripting Languages		356	(1)
Perl		356	(1)
Ruby		357	(1)
Python		357	(1)
Summary		357	(1)
Q&A		358	(1)
Workshop		358	(3)
Quiz		358	(1)
Quiz Answers		358	(1)
Activities		359	(2)
Part V Appendixes		361	(20)
Appendix A Constants and Predefined Variables		363	(4)
Appendix B Operators		367	(4)
Arithmetic Operators		368	(1)
Boolean Operators		368	(1)
Containment Operators		368	(1)
Equality Operators		369	(1)
Comparison Operators		370	(1)
Appendix C Third-party Script Editors		371	(10)
Smile		372	(2)
Script Debugger		374	(3)
PreFab UI Browser		377	(4)
Glossary		381	(4)
Index		385

Jesse Feiler is the author of a number of Mac OS X books including Mac OS X Jaguar: The Complete Reference; Mac OS X Developer's Guide; and Making Movies, Photos, Music, and DVDs on Your Mac. He is also the author of Building WebObjects 5 Applications, as well as many books on the Web-based enterprise (such as Database-Driven Web Sites and Managing the Web-Based Enterprise), the Y2K problem, home offices, databases, and FileMaker. He has written numerous white papers for Cutter Consortium. His books on OpenDoc, Cyberdog, Apple Guide, and Rhapsody are now collector's items.

He has worked as a developer and manager for companies such as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (monetary policy and bank supervision), Prodigy (early Web browser), Apple (information systems), New York State Department of Health (rabies and lead poisoning), The Johnson Company (office management), and Young & Rubicam (media planning and new product development).

His interests in new forms of technical training have led him to MediaSchool (http://www.mediaschool.com), for which he has authored several Mac OS X courses available over the Internet, as well as to Geek Cruises' Mac Mania cruise to Alaska. He is also the first author of a technical book to be published in both a paper version and as an e-book.

His Web site, http://www.philmontmill.com, provides additional information as do his blog pages at http://www.pickwickpixels.com.

Active in the community, he is past president of the Mid-Hudson Library System, chair of the Philmont Comprehensive Plan Board, founder of the Philmont Main Street Committee, and treasurer of the HB Playwrights Foundation. He is a regular on WAMC's Roundtable program.

He lives 100 miles north of New York City in the village of Philmont with a rescued greyhound and a cat. His research into Apple's iLife application has earned him the sobriquet "The Digital Scourge of Philmont."