Learning AppleScript for Beginners » display alert

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, [...]

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 [...]

Working with Dates in AppleScript

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:51:49 +0000

If you have ever worked with date coercions and manipulations in AppleScript, you know how frustrating it can be, from something as simple as trying to coerce it to text so that it can be displayed in a dialog, to trying to convert it to a different date format; you have one simple thing in [...]

Display Alert Dialogs

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:24:00 +0000

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 [...]