Learning AppleScript for Beginners » display alert http://www.scriptsforapple.com Discussions on AppleScripting, with emphasis on tutorials for those new to scripting. Example scripts of general utility, as well as some that relate to specific applications (FileMaker Pro, AppleWorks, Script Editor, specialized scripts and others). Some discussion of HyperCard and AppleScript and the Classic (OS9) environment Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:06:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Display Alert Dialogs http://www.scriptsforapple.com/display-alert-dialogs/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/display-alert-dialogs/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:24:00 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=441 These are a type of dialog, introduced in OS 10.4 (Tiger), which are similar to regular dialogs (in use as well as syntax), the noteable difference being that their purpose is to expand upon the standard ‘display dialog’. They are used when it is important to impart further information on the state of the Finder [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/display-alert-dialogs/feed/ 485 Using AppleScript Dialogs to Invoke actions http://www.scriptsforapple.com/using-applescript-dialogs-to-invoke-actions/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/using-applescript-dialogs-to-invoke-actions/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:41:21 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=7 If you remember from my last post, we ended up with this dialog which had to be encompassed by a ‘try clause’ to prevent an error message from being generated by activating the ‘Cancel’ button. In this post, I will begin by modifying the script below to show you how you can use data returned [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/using-applescript-dialogs-to-invoke-actions/feed/ 47 Getting Started with AppleScript Dialogs http://www.scriptsforapple.com/getting-started-with-applescript-dialogs/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/getting-started-with-applescript-dialogs/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:32:26 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com//?p=1 Dialogs are essential when you want to communicate with users so that they can make decisions on a course of action when notified of the state of an application or the system itself. Well written dialogs that are informative and clear are vital to any credible software solution.

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