Learning AppleScript for Beginners » prompt 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 Enhanced Choose from List (Tiger and Leopard) http://www.scriptsforapple.com/enhanced-choose-from-list-tiger-and-leopard/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/enhanced-choose-from-list-tiger-and-leopard/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:04:25 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=660 In one of my early posts I outlined the basic syntax for the ‘Choose from List’ dialog. Here, I will present some of the new parameters that are available in Tiger (10.4) and Leopard (10.5).

In case you need to refresh your memory, here is the basic command:

set theName to (choose from list {"John", [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/enhanced-choose-from-list-tiger-and-leopard/feed/ 82 Trapping for List Dialog Errors http://www.scriptsforapple.com/trapping-for-list-dialog-errors/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/trapping-for-list-dialog-errors/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 20:16:03 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=370

With ‘List Dialog’ type dialogs, since errors cannot be intercepted in an ‘on error’ handler, there is no ‘normal’ way to trap for ‘Cancel’ which, of course, would result in some sort of undesirable error dialog such as ‘User cancelled. Error number -128′. Here is an example of one simple way I have found [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/trapping-for-list-dialog-errors/feed/ 15