Scripting Additions Guide

Table Of Contents

APPENDIX

Scripting Additions at a Glance

106 Scripting Addition Commands

Table A-1 Command syntax for standard AppleScript scripting additions

Command Syntax Result

activate activate referenceToApplication None

ASCII character ASCII character integer String

ASCII number ASCII number string Integer

beep beep None

beep integer None

choose application choose application Reference

choose application ¬

with prompt dialogString

choose application ¬

application label dialogString

choose application ¬

with prompt dialogString ¬

application label dialogString

choose file choose file Reference

choose file with prompt dialogString

choose file of type listOfTypes

choose file with prompt dialogString ¬

of type listOfTypes

choose folder

choose folder Reference

choose folder with prompt dialogString

close access close access referenceToFile Error code

current date current date Date

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