[SYMBOL]
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]
[E]
[F]
[G]
[H]
[I]
[J]
[K]
[L]
[M]
[N]
[O]
[P]
[Q]
[R]
[S]
[T]
[U]
[V]
[W]
[X]
[Y]
save command, aliases and
saving compiled scripts
references to applications
run-only
say command
scheduling script running
Scheme
scoping
containment, implicit parenthood and
handlers
calls within script objects
recursive
run handler
script objects
free variables
in handlers
2nd
script properties
target objects, names in
variable declarations and
variables
AppleScript scoping (in general)
explicit locals
free
global declarations, downward effect of
global declarations, upward effect of
redeclaration of locals and globals
undeclared
script (keyword)
Script Application Component
script bundles
Script Debugger
2nd
3rd
4th
Apple event codes, viewing
class inheritance displayed in
compiled script files, saving
element hierarchy, charting of
element ordering in
loading library files during script property initialization
Scripts menu
stop log, start log
Script Editor
2nd
3rd
code formatted for human users
compiled scripts, saving
file specifier coercions
saving scripts (Mac OS 9) as Mac OS X applets
shortcuts for entering commonly used text
stop log, start log
script editors
compilation of scripts in
constructing scripts from recordable applications
for dictionaries
editing applets
how they work
references as results
run-only scripts and
script runners, using as
script ID
script objects
compiled script files as
context
data storage
libraries
defined at top level, persistence of properties
defined in a handler, scoping and
defining
free variables within
handler calls within
2nd
scoping of
handlers defined as parameters
inheritance
continue command
implicit parent chain
polymorphism
passed as parameters
passed by reference
persistence of (as top-level entities)
properties, scoping of
references returned by
run handler
scoping of
2nd
free variables
in handlers
top-level entities
accessing
as properties
persistence of
as values
assigning value of another script object
handler result
pass by reference
set by reference
script properties
declarations of
delayed
redeclaration
initialization, loading library files during
linking two script objects in inheritance chain
object properties vs.
persistence of
reference to list as
scoping
top-level, as globals
script runners
FastScripts
launchers
Script Editor, using as
Script Menu
scriptable applications
2nd
3rd
[See also entries under individual application names]4th
customization of
deciding whether application is scriptable
dictionaries
[See dictionaries]
Finder
Image Events
internally scriptable
FileMaker Pro
Microsoft Word
Internet Connect
Keychain Scripting
repertory of acceptable Apple events
Scripts menu to access scripts for application
Speech Recognition Server
System Events
targeting
local applications
reference, using
remote applications
tell and of, using
URL Access Scripting
XML-RPC and SOAP
scripting additions
2nd
Classic
files
loading
online repository of
pros and cons of
speed and
standard commands
for dialogs
for file and machine information
for file data
for noises
for numbers and dates
for strings and clipboard
miscellaneous
StandardAdditions.osax file
terminology clashes caused by
scripting components
[See components]
scripting components command
scripting environments
HyperCard
Radio UserLand
UserLand Frontier
UserTalk language
scripting languages
definition of
OSA (other than AppleScript)
programming languages vs.
UserTalk
VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
scripting software
scripts
compiled, saving
references to applications
run-only scripts
driving applications with
as individual code files
as programs
running at specified times
running automatically (automatic location)
scheduling to run at specific time
scoping of
as script objects
2nd
as scripting component operands
second-level evaluation
coercing a list to a record
fetching/assigning value of record item
seconds in date arithmetic
selection
2nd
3rd
sender application
2nd
constructing and handing off Apple event to System
set command
interchangeability with copy
setting variable to date value
set end of command
set eof command
set the clipboard to
set volume command
setting by reference
2nd
lists
records
shell, Unix
calling from AppleScript code
quoted form string property and
shell scripts
calling AppleScript code from
Unicode text, returning
short date string (date property)
side-effects of handlers
single-line comments
single-pass compiler
small integer class
Smile
2nd
3rd
SOAP
2nd
software (mentioned in this book)
some (element specifier)
sort command, terminology clashes with
sounds, commands for
space (global property)
special concat command
specialties (application), combining
specifiers
alias
application
2nd
element
[See element specifiers]
file
machine
object string
coercion vs.
2nd
Speech Recognition Server
speed, scripting additions and
splitting strings
Standard Additions
Standard Suite
2nd
3rd
StandardAdditions.osax file
start log command
starts with
state, mantainence of (in OSA)
Stay Open applet
stop log command
store script command
2nd
context and
string considerations
constants, listing of
strings
coercion of
2nd
to a boolean
to/from multiple item list
comparisons involving
concatenating
containment and
continuation characters in literal strings
dates
elements of
empty
escaped characters in
global properties
return
space
tab
text item delimiters
joining
2nd
line break characters in literal strings
native AppleScript datatype vs. scriptable applications
properties of
quotation marks in
FileMaker Pro
osascript
VBA
scripting addition commands for
splitting into fields based on a delimiter
Unicode text vs.
StuffIt Expander
styled text
coercions to/from strings and Unicode
2nd
constants for
descriptions in dictionaries
subclasses
subcontainer, implicit
sublists
substring, position of
suites
'aeut' resource
AppleScript Suite
Macintosh Connectivity Classes
Miscellaneous
QuickDraw Graphics
QuickDraw Graphics Supplemental
Required (Standard)
Text
2nd
3rd
Type Names
summarize command
superclass
synonyms in AppleScript
syntax, AppleScript
abbreviations and synonyms
blocks
lines
continuation character
line break characters in literal strings
result
explicit
implicit
the
system attribute command
2nd
System Events
2nd
system extensions (or INITs)
system information, commands for
System Preferences
disk insertion events
turning file sharing on/off
System, role in interapplication communication
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