AppleScript Tools and Reference Material

You can find the tools provided by Apple Computer for editing and running AppleScripts on the web. On the internet, Apple Computer maintains a web site for AppleScript issues, as well as email lists of AppleScript topics. Point your web browser at:

http://www.apple.com/applescript

You will need a Script Editor, such as Apple's Script Editor that comes with the AppleScript software on the CodeWarrior Reference CD. Script Editor is preinstalled on most later-model Mac OS computers.

Other editing and debugging tools are available from third-party vendors. These products are worth evaluating if you are going to do much AppleScripting. You can find a listing at:

http://www.scriptweb.com

If you are a subscriber to the Apple Developer CD program or Apple Developer Mailing, you will find good information on Apple Events and AppleScripting on the CDs too.

For more information on using and writing AppleScripts, you may want to consult other publications, such as:

• AppleScript Language Guide: English Dialect (Addison-Wesley)
• Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook (Random House)
• The Tao of AppleScript (Hayden Books)
• Applied Mac Scripting (M & T Books)

For information on more advanced topics such as writing your own Scripting Additions, or how to use the standard Scripting Additions, refer to AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide (Apple Computer).

Finally, for documentation on using low-level AppleEvents in program code, refer to Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication (published by Addison-Wesley).