Scripting Additions Guide

Scripting Addition Files 5
CHAPTER 2
Scripting Addition Commands 2
Figure 2-0
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Table 2-0
This chapter describes what the standard AppleScript scripting addition
commands do and how to use them in scripts. The first two sections summarize
the standard scripting addition files and the commands they provide. The last
section describes in more detail how to use the commands provided by the
Read/Write scripting addition, whose commands are usually used together.
Scripting Addition Files 2
The standard scripting addition files are copied into the Scripting Additions
folder (located in the Extensions folder in the System Folder) when you install
AppleScript according to the instructions in Getting Started With AppleScript.
Each file provides one or more commands. Table 2-1 summarizes the
commands provided by the standard scripting additions.
Each scripting addition that provides commands includes its own dictionary of
the commands and object classes it defines. You can open a scripting addition’s
dictionary in much the same way you open an application’s dictionary—
by selecting the scripting addition’s icon in the Scripting Additions folder,
dragging the icon over the Script Editor’s icon, and releasing the mouse button.
For information about commands provided by scripting additions other than
those described in this manual, see the documentation for those scripting
additions. For information about using command definitions and for
definitions of AppleScript commands and standard application commands, see
the AppleScript Language Guide.