AppleScript Documentation

Classs

• POSIX file
• RGB color
• alias
• application
• boolean
• class
• constant
• date
• file
• integer
• list
• number
• real
• record
• reference
• script
• text
• unit types

Commands

• ASCII character
• ASCII number
• activate
• beep
• choose URL
• choose application
• choose color
• choose file
• choose file name
• choose folder
• choose from list
• choose remote application
• clipboard info
• close access
• copy
• count
• current date
• delay
• display alert
• display dialog
• display notification
• do shell script
• get
• get eof
• get volume settings
• info for
• launch
• list disks
• list folder
• load script
• localized string
• log
• mount volume
• offset
• open for access
• open location
• path to (application)
• path to (folder)
• path to resource
• random number
• read
• round
• run
• run script
• say
• scripting components
• set
• set eof
• set the clipboard to
• set volume
• store script
• summarize
• system attribute
• system info
• the clipboard
• time to GMT
• write

Constants

• AppleScript
• Text
• current application
• missing value
• true, false

Guides

• About Handlers
• Absolute and Relative Object Specifiers
• Aliases and Files
• Apple Event Errors
• AppleScript Error Handling
• AppleScript Errors
• AppleScript Fundamentals
• AppleScript Keywords
• AppleScript Lexical Conventions
• AppleScript and Objects
• Arbitrary
• Calling Handlers in a tell Statement
• Calling a Handler with Interleaved Parameters
• Calling a Handler with Labeled Parameters
• Calling a Handler with Positional Parameters
• Calling a Script Application From a Script
• Catching Errors in a Handler
• Character Set
• Class Reference
• Coercion (Object Conversion)
• Commands
• Commands Overview
• Commands Reference
• Comments
• Containers
• Control Statements Reference
• Creating a Library
• Debugging AppleScript Scripts
• Declaring Variables
• Declaring Variables with the copy Command
• Declaring Variables with the set Command
• Defining Inheritance Through the parent Property
• Defining Properties
• Defining Script Objects
• Defining Scripting Terminology
• Defining a Simple Handler
• Direct Parameter
• Double Angle Brackets
• Elements
• Enabling Remote Applications
• Entering Script Information in Raw Format
• Error Numbers and Error Messages
• Errors in Handlers
• Every
• Expressions
• Feedback From Your Script
• Filter
• Folder Actions Reference
• Global Constants in AppleScript
• Global Variables
• Glossary
• Handler Basics
• Handler Reference
• Handler Syntax (Interleaved Parameters)
• Handler Syntax (Labeled Parameters)
• Handler Syntax (Positional Parameters)
• Handlers in Script Applications
• Handlers with Interleaved Parameters
• Handlers with Labeled Parameters
• Handlers with Patterned Positional Parameters
• Handlers with Positional Parameters
• ID
• Identifiers
• Index
• Index
• Inheritance in Script Objects
• Initializing Script Objects
• Introduction
• Keywords
• Libraries using Load Script
• List of Unsupported Terms
• Literals and Constants
• Local Variables
• Logging
• Middle
• Name
• Object Specifiers
• Object Specifiers in Reference Objects
• Open Scripting Architecture Errors
• Operating System Errors
• Operators
• Operators Reference
• Parameter Specifications
• Parameters That Specify Locations
• Passing by Reference Versus Passing by Value
• Properties
• Property
• Range
• Raw Codes
• Recursive Handlers
• Reference Forms
• Relative
• Remote Applications
• Results
• Revision History
• Saving and Loading Libraries of Handlers
• Scope of Properties and Variables Declared in a Script Object
• Scope of Variables Declared in a Handler
• Scope of Variables and Properties
• Script Editor Application
• Script Libraries
• Script Objects
• Scripting Additions
• Sending Commands to Script Objects
• Sending Raw Apple Events From a Script
• Simplified Error Checking
• Some Examples of Inheritance
• Specifying Paths
• Statements
• Target
• Targeting Remote Applications
• The AppleScript Inheritance Chain
• The Continuation Character
• The it and me Keywords
• Third Party Debuggers
• Types of Commands
• Unsupported Terms
• Using a Library
• Using the continue Statement in Script Objects
• Using the copy and set Commands
• Variables
• Variables and Properties
• What Is in a Script Object
• What Is in an Object Specifier
• When AppleScript Displays Data in Raw Format
• When a Dictionary Is Not Available
• Working With Aliases
• Working With Files
• Working with Errors
• adding folder items to
• closing folder window for
• considering / ignoring (application responses)
• considering / ignoring (text comparison)
• considering and ignoring Statements
• continue
• eppc-Style Specifiers
• error
• error Statements
• exit
• idle Handlers
• idle and quit Handlers for Stay-Open Applications
• if (compound)
• if (simple)
• if Statements
• moving folder window for
• open Handlers
• opening folder
• pi
• quit Handlers
• removing folder items from
• repeat (forever)
• repeat (number) times
• repeat Statements
• repeat until
• repeat while
• repeat with loopVariable (from startValue to stopValue)
• repeat with loopVariable (in list)
• result
• return
• run Handlers
• tell (compound)
• tell (simple)
• tell Statements
• text item delimiters
• try
• try Statements
• use (AppleScript)
• use (application or script)
• use (framework)
• use (scripting additions)
• use Statements
• using terms from
• using terms from Statements
• version
• with timeout
• with timeout Statements
• with transaction
• with transaction Statements

Operators

• & (concatenation)
• a reference to
• as (coercion)
• contains, is contained by
• equal, is not equal to
• greater than, less than
• starts with, ends with