You might want to try the very recent book, "AppleScript: A Comprehensive Guide to Scripting and Automation on Mac OS X", by Hanaan Rosenthal. It has what, IMO, is the best approach for the complete novice, and yet is very thorough.
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 06:46:48 -0800, Eric Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, compared to JavaScript, AppleScript is way more English-like. > > There are several books out for AppleScript. Make sure if you buy one that > it's only recently been published. For us beginners figuring out what can > and can't work with the latest OS X is a major pain. It's amazing Apple > hasn't done a better job of promoting AppleScript. Maybe they've always > intended to do what Automator is in Tiger? > > And I have a PDF from Microsoft on automating Office applications. Not too > comprehensive, but useful. And I'm still waiting for my order of 14 months > ago at Amazon for the book "AppleScript 1-2-3" the from "father of > AppleScript." > > > on 12/15/04 6:30 AM, Peter C.S. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thus spake Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, circa 12/14/2004 8:42 PM: > >> tell application "Microsoft Entourage" > >> set include in random of every signature to true > > > > I remember when Apple first announced AppleScript, they hailed it as an > > "English like" programming language "for the rest of us." > > > > Based on examples like the above, I think it's more like a "Yoda like" > > language. :-> > > > > I can always understand a script I see, like the one above, but I can never > > make heads or tails of the syntax when I'm trying to write one myself .... > > > > peter > > > > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.jphotog.com > > He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above his > neighbors because he hath more gold, how much more inferior is he to a gold > mine. > - Jeremy Taylor > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > > -- Allen Watson AppleScripts For You http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/AppleScripts_For_You/ -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
