AppleScript: The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X - Brossura

Rosenthal, Hanaan

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ISBN 10: 1590596536 ISBN 13: 9781590596531

Casa editrice: Apress, 2006

Riassunto

This is the second edition of Hanaan Rosenthals critically-acclaimed AppleScript book. It goes the extra mile to teach you AppleScriptexplaining advanced topics without leaving you behind.

AppleScript is the high-level scripting language that resides on the Mac platform. It can be used to add functionality to the Mac operating system, automate tasks, add functions, and generally make things easier. AppleScript has always been very useful, and with Mac OS X, you can take AppleScript further than before.

This book begins with the basics like handling variables, loops, and commands. Then it proceeds with more advanced concepts like debugging, AppleScripting with databases, manipulating PDFs with SMILE, and automating media workflow. In a nutshell, this book:

• Takes you on a journey from novice to professional AppleScripter.
• Is completely comprehensive; nothing is left to the imagination.
• Is up-to-date through AppleScript 1.10/Mac OS X Tiger.

If you are a Mac user who wants to know the real meaning of having full control over your machine, get into AppleScripting. And pick up this book because it really is the only guide you need to master the art of AppleScripting!

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L'autore

The founder of Custom Flow Solutions, Hanaan Rosenthal developed his first drawing program and published a programming newsletter at the age of 11. He became a digital media and prepress consultant in 1991, specializing in Mac publishing. In 1996, he took on his first full-blown AppleScript automation project and never looked back. Since then he has helped reshape the workflow of numerous publishing companies and departments creating systems that save their owners millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours annually. His clients include Fidelity Investments, Wellington Management, The Boston Globe, and Showtime Networks.

Contenuti

PART 1 - Read Me First
CHAPTER 1 Introducing AppleScript

PART 2 - How to AppleScript
CHAPTER 2 Scripting—From the Ground Up
CHAPTER 3 Introducing Values
CHAPTER 4 Doing the Math: All About Numbers
CHAPTER 5 Picking Up Dates
CHAPTER 6 Working with Lists and Records
CHAPTER 7 Giving Commands
CHAPTER 8 Working with Variables
CHAPTER 9 Introducing Operations and Coercion
CHAPTER 10 Teaching Your Script to Make Decisions
CHAPTER 11 The Assembly Line: Creating Repeat Loops
CHAPTER 12 Interacting with the User
CHAPTER 13 Advanced User Interaction
CHAPTER 14 Working with Files
CHAPTER 15 Manipulating the File System
CHAPTER 16 Working with the Clipboard
CHAPTER 17 Using Errors to Your Advantage
CHAPTER 18 Defining and Calling Subroutines
CHAPTER 19 Using Script Objects

PART 3 - The Wild World of AppleScript
CHAPTER 20 Using AppleScript Amenities in Mac OS X
CHAPTER 21 Extending AppleScript with Scripting Additions
CHAPTER 22 Understanding the Fundamentals of Automating Applications
CHAPTER 23 Debugging Scripts
CHAPTER 24 Saving and Running Scripts
CHAPTER 25 Implementing Healthy Scriptwriting Practices
CHAPTER 26 Scripting Apple Apps
CHAPTER 27 Scripting Data and Databases
CHAPTER 28 Using Smile: The AppleScript Integrated Production Environment
CHAPTER 29 Automating Unix Applications
CHAPTER 30 Scheduling Scripts
CHAPTER 31 Controlling Remote Applications
CHAPTER 32 Entering the Business of Automation
INDEX

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Apress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1590596536
• ISBN 13: 9781590596531
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 808