January 2006
Beginner
592 pages
16h 55m
English
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Standard Scripting Addition Commands
The scripting addition commands present in a standard installation of Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) are all implemented by the StandardAdditions scripting addition. You can consult the StandardAdditions dictionary to learn what commands it contains and to get the full details on their syntax, and it would be a waste of trees for me to repeat the information you'll find there. However, I'll list all the commands and provide some basic explanations and comments (and examples) that go beyond what the dictionary tells you. For most of these commands, where I or the dictionary might say "string," you should understand "or Unicode text," since StandardAdditions has been generally revised to be Unicode-savvy.
(For load script, store script, and run script, see "Compiled Script Files as Script Objects" in Chapter 8. For the POSIX file class, see "File and Alias" in Chapter 13 and "File Coercions" in Chapter 14. For do shell script, see Chapter 25. For digital hub scripting, folder actions, and CGI events, see Chapter 27.)
Dialogs
These scripting addition commands put up dialogs, thus providing a modicum of user interaction. The dialog will appear in whatever application is being targeted at the moment, or in the host application if no application is being targeted. They should not be used in an environment where no user interaction is allowed (for example, in a Unix osascript command). Recall (from "Errors" in Chapter 19) that the -128 ("User canceled") error thrown ...
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