Learning AppleScript for Beginners » Mac OS X

Import Images to a FileMaker Database

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:38:57 +0000

When you run this script, you are prompted to choose an image import folder. The script cycles through the files in the selected folder and determines if they are appropriate image files and then imports the relevant files.

To use this, you need to create a database with a text field named “GraphicName” and a [...]

Removing HTML from a Word 2008 Document

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:22:18 +0000

This is a script, that I use to strip the HTML from my web documents. It really comes in handy, when you want to edit the content of a document without all of the distractions of all of the HTML tags getting in the way. It was written specifically for use with Word 2008, although [...]

Scripting Primer for Pages Documents

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:26:34 +0000

If you have used AppleWorks 6 in the past, this script for Pages should be easy to follow, although the syntax is not exactly the same as AppleWorks.

In fact, the Pages application was derived from AppleWorks 6 ! To see the similarities (and the differences) check out some of my other posts on AppleWorks.

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More Security Issues – Facebook, Twitter Etc

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 10:31:02 +0000

This post is a sort of continuation of a previous post on security and GUI. This does not contain any script samples, but is rather information of general utility to all who use the internet and are concerned about potential security issues.

Revealing Personal Info on FaceBook and Twitter

I was inspired to write this [...]

Transfer Files to New Folder

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:31:11 +0000

Sometimes I am overwhelmed with the number of items that I have on my desktop and within folders and subfolders and having to spend so much of my time trying to organize them so they will be easy to locate. So, I came up with a script to automate that task.

To use this script, [...]

Security Issues with GUI and the Internet

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:09:13 +0000

GUI Scripting is a great way to script those applications that do not have a scripting vocabulary and for those with limited scripting support. You may, however, have thought to yourself: “Is it really a good idea to leave it enabled all of the time, especially when I work on the internet a lot?” There [...]

Script to Set AppleWorks Font from ‘Choose from List’

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:18:00 +0000

I came upon this one kinda by chance as I was working on another script. This uses GUI to get the first 10 fonts of the font menu in AppleWorks, displays them in a ‘choose from list’ dialog and, when you make a selection, selects the entire contents of the frontmost document and sets the [...]

Deriving Alias and POSIX Paths

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:18:55 +0000

When deriving POSIX or alias paths, it is important to note that folder paths end in a punctuation character: ‘/’ for POSIX, and ‘:’ for aliases. Also, in both cases, when deriving the path to a specific document, there is no punctuation at the end.

This info can be very useful in batch processing in [...]

Converting HTML to Text Format

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:24:08 +0000

Often, I copy text from one of my posts into a text file for further editing (typos, script errors etc) only to find that I have copied the HTML too, which is not good since it’s not usually the HTML that I want to edit, and therefore makes it difficult to focus on what I [...]

AppleScript for PowerPoint Presentations

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:10:53 +0000

This is for those of you who use PowerPoint on a daily basis. The code found in this script can be a real time saver when you have certain presentations that your organization needs to run frequently.

If you are used to doing scripting directed to ‘normal’ Apple applications, scripting PowerPoint will look a little [...]