On or near 3/12/01 7:43 AM, Edward O'Neal at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
observed:
> Ok, ok, I've held off long enough. I've used Macs since 1984 but one area I
> have never touched is scripting. There seems to be an awful lot of
> scripting addicts on this list - in fact, nearly every post deals with
> scripting.
>
> Can someone tell me where to get started learning to write and use scripts?
> Good web sites for a beginner? I want to learn what it's all about and maybe
> also run through some tutorials. Direct e-mail replies would be helpful as
> I'm getting way behind on reading the digests.
>
Probably the single best place to get started is "The AppleScript
Sourcebook":
<http://www.applescriptsourcebook.com/frames.html>
The above site contains numerous links to other resources, including the
Apple manuals (indispensible) and various mailing list and newsgroup
discussions. There is a scripting guide for Entourage on the MS site,
Mactopia. <http://www.maccentral.com/columns/briggs.shtml> has a nice series
of articles from MacCentral's Bill Briggs, suitable for beginners. Don't
miss the Applescript Guidebook modules from Apple, which are Help modules
that contain clickable links which will copy sample scripts and complete
subroutines to the clipboard so you can paste them into your own scripts.
For scripting any particular application, your best bet is to find a source
of existing scripts and then to plagiarize as best you can! My site (URL
below) and Paul Berkowitz's at <http://homepage.mac.com/berkowit28/> are
good sources for Entourage scripts; Applescriptcentral.com also has most of
our scripts and several by others, as well as scripts for the Finder and
other apps.
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Peace,
Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> XNS name: =Allen Watson
A Mac family since 1984 <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/>
Applescripts for Outlook Express and Entourage:
<http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson/>
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