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Preface 
Part I. AppleScript Overview
1. Why to Use AppleScript

      The Nature and Purpose of AppleScript 

      Is This Application Scriptable? 

      Calculation and Repetition 

      Reduction 

      Customization 

      Combining Specialties 
2. Where to Use AppleScript

      Script Editor 

      Internally Scriptable Application 

      Script Runner 

      Automatic Location 

      Application 

      Unix 

      Hyperlinks 

      Automator 
3. Basic Concepts

      Apple Events 

      The Open Scripting Architecture 

      Script 

      Compiling and Decompiling 

      Compiled Script Files 

      Script Text File 

      Applet and Droplet 

      Scripting Addition 

      Dictionary 

      Missing External Referents 

      Modes of Scriptability 
Part II. The AppleScript Language
4. Introducing the Language

      A Little Language 

      Extensibility and Its Perils 

      The "English-likeness" Monster 

      Object-likeness 

      LISP-likeness 

      The Learning Curve 
5. Syntactic Ground of Being

      Lines 

      Result 

      Comments 

      Abbreviations and Synonyms 

      Blocks 

      The 
6. A Map of the World

      Scope Blocks 

      Levels and Nesting 

      The Top Level 

      Code and the Run Handler 

      Variables 
7. Variables

      Assignment and Retrieval 

      Declaration and Definition of Variables 

      Variable Names 
8. Script Objects

      Script Object Definition 

      Run Handler 

      Script Properties 

      Script Objects as Values 

      Top-Level Entities 

      Compiled Script Files as Script Objects 

      Inheritance 
9. Handlers

      Handler Definition 

      Returned Value 

      Handlers as Values 

      Parameters 

      Pass by Reference 

      Syntax of Defining and Calling a Handler 

      Event Handlers 

      The Run Handler 

      Recursion 

      Power Handler Tricks 
10. Scope

      Regions of Scope 

      Kinds of Variable 

      Scope of Top-Level Entities 

      Scope of Locals 

      Scope of Globals 

      Scope of Undeclared Variables 

      Declare Your Variables 

      Free Variables 

      Redeclaration of Variables 

      Closures 
11. Objects

      Messages 

      Attributes 

      Class 

      Target 

      Get 

      It 

      Me 

      Properties and Elements 

      Element Specifiers 

      Operations on Multiple References 

      Assignment of Multiple Attributes 

      Object String Specifier 
12. References

      Reference as Target 

      Reference as Incantation 

      Creating a Reference 

      Identifying References 

      Dereferencing a Reference 

      Trouble with Contents 

      Creating References to Variables 

      Reference as Parameter 
13. Datatypes

      Application 

      Machine 

      Data 

      Boolean 

      Integer, Real, and Number 

      Date 

      String 

      Unicode Text 

      File and Alias 

      List 

      Record 
14. Coercions

      Implicit Coercion 

      Explicit Coercion 

      Boolean Coercions 

      Number, String, and Date Coercions 

      File Coercions 

      List Coercions 

      Unit Conversions 
15. Operators

      Implicit Coercion 

      Arithmetic Operators 

      Boolean Operators 

      Comparison Operators 

      Containment Operators 

      Concatenation Operator 

      Parentheses 

      Who Performs an Operation 
16. Global Properties

      Strings 

      Numbers 

      Miscellaneous 
17. Constants
18. Commands

      Application Commands 

      Standard Commands 

      Logging Commands 
19. Control

      Branching 

      Looping 

      Tell 

      Using Terms From 

      With 

      Considering/Ignoring 

      Errors 

      Second-Level Evaluation 
Part III. AppleScript In Action
20. Dictionaries

      Resolution of Terminology 

      Terminology Clash 

      Nonsensical Apple Events 

      Raw Four-Letter Codes 

      Multiple-Word Terms 

      What's in a Dictionary 

      The 'aeut' Resource 

      Inadequacies of the Dictionary 
21. Scripting Additions

      Pros and Cons of Scripting Additions 

      Classic Scripting Additions 

      Loading Scripting Additions 

      Standard Scripting Addition Commands 
22. Speed

      Tools of the Trade 

      Apple Events 

      List Access 

      Scripting Additions 

      Context 
23. Scriptable Applications

      Targeting Scriptable Applications 

      Some Scriptable Applications 
24. Unscriptable Applications

      Historical Perspective 

      Getting Started with Accessibility 

      GUI Scripting Examples 
25. Unix

      Do Shell Script 

      Osascript 
26. Triggering Scripts Automatically

      Digital Hub Scripting 

      Folder Actions 

      CGI Application 

      Timers, Hooks, Attachability, Observability 
27. Writing Applications

      Applets 

      AppleScript Studio 

      Cocoa Scripting 

      AppleScript Studio Scriptability 
Part IV. Appendixes
A. The AppleScript Experience
B. Apple Events Without AppleScript
C. Tools and Resources
Index