AppleScript Primer Tutorial

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AppleScript Primer Tutorial

Here is a tutorial that introduces you to some aspects of AppleScript.

AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. and built into Macintosh operating systems since System 7. The term “AppleScript” may refer to the scripting system itself, or to particular scripts that are written in the AppleScript language.

AppleScript is primarily an inter-application processing system, designed to exchange data between and control other applications in order to automate repetitive tasks. AppleScript has some limited processing abilities of its own – basic calculation abilities, and some more intricate text processing tools – and is extensible, allowing the addition of scripting additions which add new functions to the language itself. Mainly, however, AppleScript relies on the built-in functionality of other applications and processes to handle complex tasks.

AppleScript has some elements of object-oriented programming, particularly in the construction of script objects, and natural language programming tendencies in its syntax, but does not strictly conform to either category.

I’ve been curious about AppleScript, but have not used it extensively. It can be used as a procedural tool for Mac OS X application usage.

Let’s see some simple AppleScript in action …

Link to AppleScript information … from Wikipedia from which quote above comes.
Link to some downloadable AppleScript code … rename to AppDelegateapplescript for use within XCode.

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