Scripting Additions Guide

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P R E F A C E
About This Guide
The AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide: English Dialect describes the scripting
additions that accompany the AppleScript English dialect of the AppleScript
language. Scripting additions are files that extend the capabilities of the
AppleScript language by providing additional commands you can use
in scripts.
Audience 0
This guide is for anyone who wants to write new scripts or modify existing
scripts. It also provides some basic information for Macintosh software
developers who want to write scripting additions.
Before using this guide, you should read Getting Started With AppleScript to
learn what hardware and software you need to use AppleScript; how to
install AppleScript; and how to run, record, and edit scripts. You should
also be familiar with the AppleScript Language Guide: English Dialect (referred
to throughout the rest of this book as the AppleScript Language Guide ), which
describes the English dialect of the AppleScript scripting language.
Macintosh software developers who want to write scripting additions should
also refer to Inside Macintosh: Interapplication Communication .
Organization of This Guide 0
This guide contains these chapters:
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Chapter 1, “Introduction to Scripting Additions,” introduces scripting
additions and the use of their commands.
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Chapter 2, “Scripting Addition Commands,” describes the commands
provided by the standard scripting additions that come with AppleScript.
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Chapter 3, “Writing Scripting Additions,” provides information for
programmers who wish to write scripting additions.