1. Introduction to AppleScript

   1. Chapter 1 AppleScript: An Introduction

      1. How Is AppleScript Used?
      2. Apple Events
      3. Using Script Runner with OS X
      4. Using OSA Menu with OS 9
      5. Checking Your AppleScript Version
      6. Diving In

   2. Chapter 2 Using Script Editor with OS 9 and OS X

      1. Script Editor Controls/Commands
      2. Scripting the Script Editor

2. AppleScript Language Reference

   1. Chapter 3 Data Types

   2. Chapter 4 Operators

   3. Chapter 5 Reference Forms

   4. Chapter 6 Variables and Constants

      1. Variables
      2. Constants and Predefined Variables

   5. Chapter 7 Flow-Control Statements

   6. Chapter 8 Subroutines

      1. Subroutines with Positional Parameters
      2. Subroutines with Labeled Parameters

   7. Chapter 9 Script Objects and Libraries

3. Scripting Mac OS 9 Applications

   1. Chapter 10 Apple Guide and Help Viewer

   2. Chapter 11 Apple System Profiler

   3. Chapter 12 Keychain Scripting and Apple Verifier

   4. Chapter 13 Desktop Printer Manager

   5. Chapter 14 Mac OS 9 Finder Commands

      1. Example Finder Scripts

   6. Chapter 15 Mac OS 9 Finder Classes

   7. Chapter 16 Network Setup Scripting

   8. Chapter 17 Scripting Sherlock 2

   9. Chapter 18 URL Access Scripting

4. Scripting Mac OS 9 Control Panels and Extensions

   1. Chapter 19 Appearance Control Panel

   2. Chapter 20 Apple Data Detectors Extension

   3. Chapter 21 Apple Menu Options Control Panel

   4. Chapter 22 Application Switcher Extension

   5. Chapter 23 ColorSync Extension

   6. Chapter 24 File Exchange Control Panel

   7. Chapter 25 File Sharing Control Panel

   8. Chapter 26 Folder Actions Extension

   9. Chapter 27 FontSync Control Panel and Extension

   10. Chapter 28 Location Manager Control Panel

   11. Chapter 29 Memory and Mouse Control Panels

   12. Chapter 30 Speech Listener and SpeakableItems Extension

   13. Chapter 31 Web Sharing Control Panel

5. Scripting the Mac OS X System

   1. Chapter 32 Scripting the OS X Desktop

      1. Working with Files, Folders, Disks, and Windows in OS X

   2. Chapter 33 Scripting Mail

      1. Setting Up an Email Message
      2. Exploring the Mail Application Object
      3. Getting Information about an Email Account

   3. Chapter 34 Executing Scripts with the Terminal App

   4. Chapter 35 Scripting TextEdit

6. Appendixes

   1. Appendix A Standard Scripting Additions

   2. Appendix B AppleScript Resources

      1. Apple Computer AppleScript URLs
      2. AppleScript FAQs, Mailing Lists, and Tutorials
      3. Macintosh Scripting Sites
      4. Commercial AppleScript Development Environments
      5. Freeware AppleScript Development Environments

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The dog on the cover of AppleScript in a Nutshell is a Boston terrier. The youngest breed in the American Kennel Club (AKC), the Boston is a cross between various types of bulldogs and bull terriers. Originally bred in England, the breed stabilized in the United States, where it was initially favored as a fighter in the underworld rat pits of the seedier areas of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Boston. By the late nineteenth century, however, people started to admire the beauty of the breed's compact, elegant build—the "American Gentleman," as the Boston terrier is now known, had been discovered.

In 1889, the AKC rejected the Stud Book applications put forth by the "American bull terrier" owners only to accept the breed in 1893 under its new name, Boston terrier. Today, its gentle yet playful and protective nature combined with its willingness to be trained make it a popular family pet-especially, of course, in Boston, the metropolitan area in which O'Reilly maintains a large editorial and production staff. Though the Boston terrier's fighting days are in its past, the sportsmen and women at Boston University evoke the breed's heritage each time they take the field or ice. Catherine Morris was the production editor and copyeditor, and Matt Hutchinson was the proofreader for AppleScript in a Nutshell. Linley Dolby, Colleen Gorman, and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Interior composition was done by Catherine Morris, Edith Shapiro, and Sada Preisch. Nancy Crumpton wrote the index.

Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original illustration created by Susan Hart. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

Melanie Wang designed the interior layout based on a series design by Nancy Priest. Anne-Marie Vaduva converted the files from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker 5.5.6 using tools created by Mike Sierra. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. This colophon was written by Sarah Jane Shangraw.