AppleScript Programming
Apple has an excellent online documentation library for AppleScript programming. This can be found at The Apple Developer Connection.
Learning the Language
- Basic commands
- Numbers and strings
- Lists and records
- Aliases and paths
- Scripting other applications
- System Events
- Shell Programming
- Script Libraries
Command Lists
Sample Programs
- Mail alert
- Archive selected mail
- Run QuickTime in full screen
- Converter for temperatures
- Letter Replacer
- Calculator
- Safari Quit Warning
- Create new Word doc and insert text and format text
- Create a unique email address
- Guess The Character Game
Tip: If you can't find help for a problem from here, you can try searching with Google. For example, if you are searching information about how to use command repeat, write into the text field words "applescript repeat
" (without quotes). Usually there should be helpful page amongst the first ten results.
See the Wikipedia article AppleScript for more info