AppleScript is an English-like, easy-to-understand scripting language built into every Mac. AppleScript can automate hundreds of AppleScriptable applications, performing tasks both large and small, complex and simple. Learn AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X, Third Edition has been completely updated for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It’s all here, with an emphasis on practical information that will help you solve any automation problem—from the most mundane repetitive tasks to highly integrated workflows of complex systems.      Friendly enough for beginners, detailed enough for advanced AppleScripters      Includes major contributions from expert AppleScripters: Emmanuel Levy, Harald Monihart, Ian Piper, Shane Stanley, Barry Wainwright, Craig Williams, and foreword by AppleScript inventor, William Cook   What you’ll learn     See how AppleScript represents information as objects—including numbers, strings, lists, and records.      Learn how to manipulate these objects using commands and operators, and how to store them in variables.      Organize your code using handlers and script objects.      Understand how applications describe their objects and commands in dictionaries and how to interpret that information when learning to script applications.      Manipulate the Mac OS X file system.      Automate iTunes, Mail, iCal, and other popular lifestyle applications in Mac OS X.      Discover sophisticated text processing techniques using regular expressions.      Script professional productivity applications—Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, and Adobe InDesign.      Harness the power of the Unix command line in Mac OS X.      Create your own Cocoa applications with the new AppleScriptObjC bridge.   Who this book is for             First-time scripters who want to automate tasks on their Macs; existing AppleScripters looking to develop proficient, professional, or guru-level knowledge and skills; professional Mac OS X developers wishing to understand this powerful and pervasive technology.               Table of Contents          Introducing AppleScript                  AppleScript in Principle                  AppleScript in Practice                  Writing Scripts in AppleScript Editor                  Understanding How Application Scripting Works                  Learning to Work with AppleScript Objects                  Working with Text                  Working with Numbers                   Working with Dates                 Working with Lists and Records                   Storing Objects in Variables                 More on Commands                   More on Operators and Coercions                  Making Decisions Using Conditionals and Loops                  Making Decisions When Dealing with Errors                   Interacting with the User                   Working with Files                   Organizing Your Code with Handlers                   Organizing Your Code with Script Objects                   Scripting the File System                   Scripting Apple Applications                  Extending AppleScript with Scripting Additions                   AppleScript Amenities                  Scripting iWork and Office                   Scripting Data and Databases                  Scripting Adobe InDesign                  Interacting with the Unix Command Line

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