Tài liệu Learn Apple Script - The Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X, Third Edition

■Contents at a Glance. . iii
■Contents. v
■Foreword . .xix
■About the Authors. xxi
■About the Technical Reviewer . xxii
■Acknowledgments . .xxiii
■Introduction . .xxiv
Part I: Welcome to AppleScript. . 1
■Chapter 1: Introducing AppleScript . . 3
■Chapter 2: AppleScript in Principle . . 15
■Chapter 3: AppleScript in Practice . 33
Part II: Understanding AppleScript . . 51
■Chapter 4: Writing Scripts in AppleScript Editor . . 53
■Chapter 5: Understanding How Application Scripting Works . 77
■Chapter 6: Learning to Work with AppleScript Objects 143
■Chapter 7: Working with Text . 163
■Chapter 8: Working with Numbers . 215
■Chapter 9: Working with Dates. 241
■Chapter 10: Working with Lists and Records . 267
■Chapter 11: Storing Objects in Variables 293
■Chapter 12: More on Commands . . 319
■Chapter 13: More on Operators and Coercions . 369
■Chapter 14: Making Decisions Using Conditionals and Loops 389
■Chapter 15: Making Decisions When Dealing with Errors 413
■Chapter 16: Interacting with the User . . 437
■Chapter 17: Working with Files . . 471
■Chapter 18: Organizing Your Code with Handlers 505
■Chapter 19: Organizing Your Code with Script Objects 541
Part III: Putting AppleScript to Work . 585
■Chapter 20: Scripting the File System . . 587
■Chapter 21: Scripting Apple Applications. 623
■Chapter 22: Extending AppleScript with Scripting Additions . 675
■Chapter 23: AppleScript Amenities. 711
■Chapter 24: Scripting iWork and Office 743
■Chapter 25: Scripting Data and Databases. 793
■Chapter 26: Scripting Adobe InDesign. . 817
■Chapter 27: Interacting with the Unix Command Line 863
■Chapter 28: Using Smile: The AppleScript Integrated
Production Environment . 897
■Chapter 29: Tips and Techniques for Improving Your Scripts 927
■Chapter 30: Creating Cocoa Applications with AppleScriptObjC 969
■Index. 1019