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Dialogs for Lists

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:43:26 +0000

In this post, we will deal with situations when you want to choose from multiple options within a list. You can have lists that are preset, such as choosing from a list of months of the year, for instance, or perhaps a list such as that which might be generated from a database program when [...]

Using AppleScript Dialogs to Invoke actions

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:41:21 +0000

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 [...]

Getting Started with AppleScript Dialogs

admin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:32:26 +0000

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.

Furthermore, as you’ll see, I will try [...]