Learning AppleScript for Beginners » document 1 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 Converting HTML to Text Format http://www.scriptsforapple.com/converting-html-to-text-format/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/converting-html-to-text-format/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:24:08 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=2332 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 [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/converting-html-to-text-format/feed/ 57 Choose File Name Command http://www.scriptsforapple.com/choose-file-name-command/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/choose-file-name-command/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:10:54 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=654 The ‘choose file name’ command is similar to the ‘choose file’ command. unlike the choose file command it returns a reference pointer to a file that does not yet exist without actually creating the file:

set theFile to choose file name with prompt "Set file name and location:"

With a result such as:file “Macintosh [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/choose-file-name-command/feed/ 277