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CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Finder Scripting
2
What Is Finder Scripting?
IMPORTANT
Finder scripts that return a lot of information may need as
much as several hundred kilobytes (K) of free memory to
work correctly. To see how much memory is currently free,
activate the Finder, choose About This Macintosh from the
Apple menu, and check the number labeled Largest
Unused Block in the About This Macintosh window. If a
script you’ve used successfully stops working, try quitting
one or more applications to make more memory
available.
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What Is Finder Scripting? 1
The Finder is a specialized application that controls the Macintosh desktop: the
working area of your screen where you can use the mouse and the keyboard to
open and close folders, manipulate files, and inspect or alter various aspects of
the computer’s operation. Finder scripting involves performing the same kinds
of tasks, except that instead of triggering actions with the aid of the mouse and
the keyboard, you trigger actions from scripts.
The Finder is both scriptable and recordable. A scriptable application is one that
can respond to commands sent to it when another application, such as the Script
Editor, runs a script. A recordable application is one that uses Apple events to
report user actions for recording purposes. When recording is turned on, the
Script Editor creates statements corresponding to any significant actions you
perform in recordable applications, including actions you perform in the Finder.
By recording or writing scripts that control the Finder, you can automate many
file management and networking tasks that you would otherwise have to
perform manually.
For example, the script that follows copies the items from a folder on the
startup disk to a folder on a different disk. Instead of opening all the folders
by double-clicking them then dragging the contents of the AppleScript
folder to a storage disk, you can run the script.
- AppleScript Finder Guide 1
- Contents 3
- Finder Errors 6
- Tables and Listings 7
- About This Guide 9
- For More Information 0 10
- Other AppleScript Dialects 0 11
- Installation 1 13
- What Is Finder Scripting? 1 14
- What Is Finder Scripting? 3 15
- What Is Finder Scripting? 16
- CHAPTER 1 17
- Finder Objects 2 27
- Element Classes 2 28
- Commands Handled 2 29
- Examples 2 29
- The Finder Application Object 30
- Object Class Definitions 2 38
- Accessory Suitcase 2 39
- Alias File 2 40
- Object Class Definitions 29 41
- Application 2 43
- Object Class Definitions 33 45
- Object Class Definitions 35 47
- Object Class Definitions 37 49
- Application File 2 50
- Object Class Definitions 39 51
- Application Process 2 53
- Container 2 55
- Object Class Definitions 45 57
- Container Window 2 59
- Object Class Definitions 49 61
- Content Space 2 62
- Control Panel 2 63
- Object Class Definitions 53 65
- Desk Accessory File 2 67
- Desktop-Object 2 68
- Object Class Definitions 57 69
- Object Class Definitions 59 71
- Document File 2 72
- Object Class Definitions 61 73
- Folder 2 75
- Font File 2 77
- Font Suitcase 2 78
- Object Class Definitions 67 79
- Information Window 2 81
- Object Class Definitions 71 83
- Object Class Definitions 73 85
- Object Class Definitions 75 87
- Process 2 89
- Sharable Container 2 91
- Object Class Definitions 81 93
- Sharing Privileges 2 95
- Sharing Window 2 97
- Object Class Definitions 87 99
- Sound File 2 100
- Status Window 2 101
- Suitcase 2 102
- Trash-Object 2 103
- Finder Objects 104
- Object Class Definitions 104
- Object Class Definitions 93 105
- Window 2 107
- Object Class Definitions 97 109
- Finder Commands 3 111
- Parameters 3 112
- Command Definitions 3 113
- Finder Commands 114
- Command Definitions 114
- Command Finder version 114
- Command Definitions 103 115
- Command Summary 115
- Clean Up 3 116
- Command Definitions 105 117
- Computer 3 119
- Command Definitions 109 121
- Data Size 3 123
- Delete 3 125
- Duplicate 3 126
- Command Definitions 115 127
- Command Definitions 117 129
- Exists 3 130
- Command Definitions 119 131
- Command Definitions 121 133
- Command Definitions 123 135
- Command Definitions 125 137
- Put Away 3 139
- Command Definitions 129 141
- Restart 3 142
- Reveal 3 143
- Select 3 144
- Command Definitions 133 145
- Shut Down 3 146
- Command Definitions 135 147
- Update 3 149
- Appendixes 151
- Finder Commands at a Glance A 153
- Finder Commands at a Glance 154
- Commands 154
- Command Syntax Result 154
- Commands 143 155
- Placeholders A 157
- Finder Errors B 159
- DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR 168
- PRODUCTION EDITOR 168
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