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A Reference To operator [1] [2] addition of date and number values [1] addition operator alias versus file [1] And operator angle brackets in scripts, terms within [1] Apple event errors [1] [2] Apple Event Registry errors [1] [2] Apple events [1] [2] AppleScript and non-Roman script systems [1] commands [1] defined errors [1] [2] extension Text Item Delimiters property AppleTalk networks AppleTalk zones [1] [2] application commands [1] application errors Application object class application objects [1] [2] application responses attribute applications customizing using AppleScript [1] [2] integrating using AppleScript [1] on remote computers [1] references to [1] Arbitrary Element reference form arithmetic operators [1] [2] arithmetic, date-time [1] As operator [1] [2] [3] ASCII collating sequence assignment statements [1] [2] associativity, of operators attachable applications attaching scripts to objects attributes automating activitiesB
backslash character in strings Begins With operator binary operator Boolean expressions Boolean value class [1] Bounds property [1] [2] bracketsC
capitalization in AppleScript case attribute case sensitivity cell object Character object class characters elements of a string in different script systems child script objects Class value class [1] classes of operands [1] of parameters [1] [2] Clipboard property Closable property Close command [1] coercion of parameters of values [1] coercion operator Comes After operator Comes Before operator command definitions AppleScript Copy [1] Count Error Get [1] Run [1] Set [1] Scriptable Text Editor [1] Copy Cut Data Size Duplicate Make Move Open Paste Revert Save Select standard application commands Close [1] Copy [1] Count Data Size [1] Delete Duplicate Exists Get [1] Launch [1] Make [1] Move Open [1] Print [1] Quit Save [1] Set [1] using [1] command handlers [1] in script applications [1] in stay-open script applications [1] commands [1] [2] AppleScript [1] application [1] defined handlers for. See command handlers objects that can respond to parameters of [1] Scriptable Text Editor scripting addition [1] [2] summarized [1] syntax of syntax of targets of user-defined [1] [2] waiting for completion of comments [1] comparison operators [1] [2] comparisons compiling a script complete reference completion of commands composite values compound statements concatenation operator (&) [1] [2] conditional statement. See If statements Considering statements Constant value class [1] constants, listed constructor functions [1] [2] containers [1] [2] containment operators [1] [2] Contains operator [1] [2] Contents property [1] [2] [3] continuation characters Continue statements [1] passing commands to applications with [1] control statements defined listed nested Copy command defined [1] definition in assignment statements [1] [2] with script objects Count command [1] [2] current application reserved words [1] current directory current script customizing applications [1] [2] Cut commandD
data sharing [1] [2] [3] Data Size command [1] [2] Data value class [1] [2] Date value class date-time arithmetic [1] default object default target delegation Delete command diacriticals attribute dialects defined introduced dictionaries [1] defined Scriptable Text Editor [1] [2] [3] direct parameter div operator division operator (�) Document object class [1] Does Not Come After operator Does Not Come Before operator Does Not Contain operator Does Not Equal operator double-quote character Duplicate command [1] [2]E
elements of objects of text objects of values Else clause Else If clause Ends With operator [1] [2] Equal operator [1] [2] Error command error handlers defining [1] error messages [1] [2] defined Scriptable Text Editor [1] errors Apple event [1] [2] Apple Event Registry [1] [2] AppleScript [1] [2] application Operating System [1] [2] resignaling in scripts returned by commands script Scriptable Text Editor signaling in scripts types of [1] evaluation defined of expressions of expressions containing operators [1] Every Element reference form [1] Exists command Exit statements [1] [2] explicit Run handlers exponent operator (^) expressions [1] [2] Boolean evaluation of [1] [2] literalF
File object class [1] file versus alias [1] filename files, specifying [1] Filter reference form [1] Floating property Font property Frontmost propertyG
Get command [1] Getting Started With AppleScript given parameter label [1] global variables persistence of [1] [2] scope of [1] Greater Than operator [1] [2] Greater Than Or Equal To operatorH
handlers [1] [2] defined for application commands [1] for application commands in script applications [1] for errors for Idle command [1] for Open command [1] for Quit command [1] for Run command [1] for stay-open script applications [1] for user-defined commands [1] interrupting [1] scope of identifiers declared within [1] syntax summary hyphens attributeI, J, K
ID reference form [1] identifiers [1] [2] Idle command, and stay-open script applications [1] If statements compound simple [1] Ignoring statements implicit Run handlers in reserved word in references Index property Index reference form infinite loop inheritance initializing script objects [1] [2] insertion point object and Index reference form and Relative reference form Insertion Point object class [1] instance variables Integer value class [1] integral division operator integrating applications [1] Is Contained By operator [1] [2] Is Equal To operator Is Not Contained By operator Is Not Equal To operator [1] Is Not Greater Than operator Is Not Less Than operator Is Not operator Is operator it variable [1] itemsL
labeled parameters [1] [2] Launch command [1] Length property of a list of a record of a string Less Than operator [1] [2] Less Than Or Equal To operator library List value class [1] literal expressions Load Script command local variables [1] [2] scope of [1] location parameters [1] [2] logical operators [1] [2] looping variable [1] [2] loops. See Repeat statements lowercase letters [1] [2]M
macro languages Make command [1] [2] me variable [1] [2] [3] messages. See Apple events methods Middle Element reference form [1] minus symbol (�) mod operator Modal property Modified property Move command [1] [2] multiplication operator my reserved word [1] [2] [3]N
Name property Name reference form [1] nested control statements networks AppleTalk zones of [1] non-English text not operator Number value classO
object class definitions Scriptable Text Editor Application Character Document [1] File [1] Insertion Point [1] Paragraph Selection [1] Text Text Item [1] Text Style Info [1] Window. See Document object class Word using [1] object-oriented design objects [1] [2] commands that act on default elements of in applications properties of script child initializing [1] parent [1] [2] sending commands to Scriptable Text Editor text [1] user-defined. See script objects values of of reserved word in references Off Styles property [1] Offset property [1] [2] Offset scripting addition command On Styles property [1] Open command [1] [2] handlers for, in script applications [1] operands, defined Operating System errors [1] [2] operations [1] [2] operators [1] [2] [3] A Reference To [1] arithmetic [1] [2] binary comparison [1] [2] containment [1] [2] defined listed, by category listed, with descriptions [1] logical [1] [2] precedence unary optional parameters Or operator order of operations. See precedenceP
paragraph element of a string Paragraph object class parameter variables parameters [1] coercion of [1] defined direct for application commands [1] in Continue statements labeled [1] [2] location [1] [2] optional patterned [1] positional raw data in required Parent property and current application [1] parent script objects [1] [2] parentheses partial references [1] [2] Paste command patterned parameters [1] persistence of global variables [1] [2] of script properties [1] [2] placeholders [1] [2] plural object names plus symbol (+) Position property [1] [2] positional parameters possessive object names precedence of attributes of operations predefined variables introduced listed Print command [1] properties of AppleScript of objects of script objects of scripts [1] of values scope of [1] Property reference form [1] punctuation attributeQ
Quit command handlers for, in stay-open script applications [1]R
Range reference form Real value class [1] Record button Record value class [1] recordable applications recursion [1] ref reserved word. See A Reference To operator reference forms [1] and values Arbitrary Element defined Every Element [1] Filter [1] ID [1] Index Middle Element [1] Name [1] Property [1] Range Relative [1] reference reserved word. See A Reference To operator Reference value class [1] references [1] as expressions [1] complete defined partial [1] [2] to files and applications [1] Relative reference form [1] remainder operator Repeat statements Repeat (forever) Repeat (number) Times Repeat Until Repeat While Repeat With (loopVariable) From (startValue) to (stopValue) [1] Repeat With (loopVariable) In (list) [1] required parameters Required suite, of application commands reserved words Resizable property Rest Of property result variable result window results [1] return character in strings Return statements [1] [2] Reverse property Revert command Run command [1] and Launch command handlers for. See Run handlers Run handlers in script applications [1] in script objects [1] running scriptsS
sample application Save command [1] [2] scope, of variables and properties [1] script applications [1] calling [1] interrupting handlers in [1] script codes, and AppleScript Script Editor [1] [2] script errors script objects child defined initializing [1] [2] introduced parent [1] [2] scope of identifiers declared within sending commands to script properties [1] [2] persistence of [1] [2] scope of script systems and AppleScript [1] scriptable applications Scriptable Text Editor and non-Roman script systems [1] commands dictionary [1] [2] [3] object class definitions scripting additions in With Timeout statements introduced [1] scripts defined running scope of identifiers declared at top level of [1] Select command Selection object class [1] Selection property Set command defined [1] in assignment statements [1] [2] scope of variables set with [1] with script objects [1] short-circuiting, during evaluation simple statements simple values Size property slash symbol (/) special characters in identifiers in strings Standard suite, of application commands Starts With operator [1] [2] statements compound defined simple storing values in variables String value class strings, special characters for Style property [1] [2] Styled Text value class [1] subroutines [1] calling labeled parameters [1] no parameters positional parameters [1] defined defining labeled parameters no parameters positional parameters [1] libraries of subtraction of date and number values [1] subtraction operator suites synonyms for operators [1] [2] for value classes syntax conventions syntax description, definedT
Tab character in strings target targets Tell statements [1] [2] compound [1] introduced simple [1] terminating handler execution Repeat statement execution tests text element of a string non-English styled [1] synonym for string Text Item Delimiters property of AppleScript Text Item object class [1] Text object class text objects [1] Text Style Info object class [1] text styles [1] Text value class the, use of in AppleScript timeout. See With Timeout statements Titled property Try statements [1] defined typographic conventions [1]U
unary operators Uniform Styles property [1] [2] uppercase letters [1] [2] user-defined commands [1] [2] user-defined objects. See script objectsV
value classes [1] Boolean [1] Class [1] Constant [1] Data [1] [2] Date default, returned by Get command defined Integer [1] List [1] Number Real [1] Record [1] Reference [1] String Styled Text [1] summary of Text using definitions of [1] values [1] characteristics of [1] coercing [1] [2] composite defined elements of of objects properties of responses to commands simple variables [1] [2] assignment statements [1] [2] defined global [1] [2] instance local [1] [2] [3] looping [1] [2] predefined listed scope of [1] [2] Version property vertical bars Visible propertyW, X, Y
white space attribute Window object class. See Document object class With clause With Timeout statements With Transaction statements [1] Without clause word element of a string [1] Word object class wrapper methodY
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zones, AppleTalk Zoomable property Zoomed property\ character^ operator| in syntax descriptions� operator� operator� operator� operator� operator
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