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On Oct 18, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
> On 10/18/05 6:16 AM, "Barry Wainwright" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> On 18/10/05 05:15, "kee nethery" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Where can I find a ton of examples of AppleScripts that show usage
>>> for each function in the StandardAdditions.sdef? The Dictionary is
>>> just not useful for me and I've been mucking with AppleScripts for
>>> over a decade.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Kee Nethery
>>
>> Have you tried the official "Scripting Additions Guide"
>> <http://manuals.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Manuals/software/
>> 0305098AA
>> SADDGENG.PDF>
>>
>> I'm not surprised you couldn't find this on the Apple Web Site, I
>> knew it
>> used to exists and it took me almost a half-hour to find it :(
>
> That's _really_ out of date. Unlike much else in AppleScript, many
> of the
> commands have new features, and there are lots of new commands,
> since that
> guide was written for OS 8.5 or so. Chapter 20 of Matt Neuburg's
> AppleScript: The Definitive Guide covers the ground well, and I'm
> sure the
> other books do too: Hanaan Rosenthal's "AppleScript", for example
> (also
> Chapter 20).
>
> --
> Paul Berkowitz
And if fact it contains SA's that no longer exist, like "Start Log
and "Stop Log".
>
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste." Paul Romer Stanford
economist
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