Learning AppleScript for Beginners » TextEdit 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 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 AppleScripts for Basic Printing http://www.scriptsforapple.com/applescripts-for-basic-printing/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/applescripts-for-basic-printing/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:01:13 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=465 The Mac 512 K, the first in the Macintosh series of computers

The first script below is for printing a document in “TextEdit”. Before running the script, you must bring the desired document to the front:

tell application "TextEdit" print the front document with properties {copies:2, [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/applescripts-for-basic-printing/feed/ 23