Table of Contents

Part 1. Read Me First: Introduction.- Part 2. How to AppleScript: Starting to script - all over again.- Values.- Doing the math: All about numbers.- Picking up dates.- Lists and records.- Giving commands.- Variables.- Operations and coercion.- Teaching your script to make decisions.- The assembly line: Creating repeat loops.- User interaction.- Working with files.-Working with the clipboard.- Turn errors in your favor.- Other control statements.- Defining and calling subroutines.- Script objects.- Part 3. The Wild World of AppleScript: AppleScript amenities in Mac OS X.- Scripting additions and extendibility.-The fundamentals of automating applications.- Debugging scripts.- A script by any other name.- Healthy scriptwriting practices.- Scripting Apple apps.- Scripting data and databases.- Automating media workflow.- Smile: The AppleScript integrated production environment.- Automating UNIX applications.- Scheduling scripts.- Controlling remote applications.- The business of automation.- Advanced text and XML handling.