AppleScript for Applications (Visual QuickStart Guide) - Softcover

Wilde, Ethan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201716135 ISBN 13: 9780201716139

Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 2001

Synopsis

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AppleScript is Apple's intuitive and easy-to-use scripting language that lets users automate and control the actions of the Mac OS and Mac applications. Using AppleScript, anybody can streamline frequent tasks, such as logging on to the Internet, emptying the Trash, or formatting a graphics file. Businesses and corporations use AppleScript in their daily workflow to streamline repetitive tasks, retrieve files, and schedule backups. It's powerful, easy to use, and absolutely free.

Written by one of the country's leading AppleScript programmers, AppleScript for Applications: Visual QuickStart Guide offers extensive discussion of the latest versions of AppleScript for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X plus plenty of insider tips and tricks. This book includes complete scripts for popular Mac apps such as FileMaker Pro, Word, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress plus a companion Web site for downloads and helpful links.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

AppleScript for Applications: Visual QuickStart Guide is a visual, task-based introduction to AppleScript, Apple's powerful scripting language. The book starts with writing simple scripts to create shortcuts and increase productivity on the Mac OS, then moves on to working with popular Macintosh applications with scripts. The author also details how to script a complete workflow project: building customized graphics and documents with data from FileMaker Pro.

About the Author:

@AUTHBIO= Ethan Wilde lectures and speaks frequently about advanced AppleScript, technology, and the Internet. Wilde utilizes a wide range of technologies for his clients, including Perl, SQL, Visual Basic, and Unix, but swears by the power and versatility of AppleScript. He is the author of AppleScript for the Internet: Visual QuickStart Guide. He lives in San Francisco.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0201716135
• ISBN 13: 9780201716139
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480