Beginning AppleScript®

B.8. Commands

The Standard Suite of commands is listed in the following table. This suite includes commands that you typically send to other applications to execute, so you should consult the application's dictionary to find out if they're implemented and to what extent.

Command
class info
close
count
data size
delete
duplicate
event info
exists
make
move
open
print
quit
reopen
run
save
select
suite info

Other suites, such as the Text Suite, are not covered in this section.

The following sections summarize AppleScript's commands. They are listed alphabetically for quick reference. The Standard Addition commands are included in this list and denoted by an asterisk.

The following table summarizes the notation used to denote specific types of values required by each command. In many cases, if you don't provide the correct argument type, the command tries to coerce the supplied value into the proper type.

Notation	Meaning
Boolean	A true or false value
filelist	A list of file aliases
fileRef	A number returned by the open for access command, a file specification, or an alias
folder	An alias for a folder
path, prompt, title	A string
n	An integer
char	A string consisting of one character
number	A real or integer value
offset	A double integer representing a file offset
smallInt	A small integer
stringlist	A list of strings

In the list that follows, optional parameters to a command are enclosed in brackets.

B.8.1. activate

General Format

activate

Activates the targeted application, launching it if necessary, and bringing it to ...