Beginning AppleScript®

1.8. Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to do the following:

• Start up Script Editor

• Type a simple AppleScript program, compile it, and run it

• Look at the results of the program in the Result pane

• Save your AppleScript program to a file

• Add a description to your program

• Use the display dialog command to display a message to the user

• Define a character string

• Set up a simple list

• Use optional command parameters; in particular, use some of the display dialog command's parameters to change the labels on buttons, specify a default button, and display an icon

• Write an AppleScript program containing more than one command

• Add comments to your program

In the next chapter, you learn more about writing expressions, the different types of data that AppleScript supports, and how to work with variables in your programs. Before proceeding, however, try the exercises that follow to test your understanding of the material covered in this chapter. You can find the solutions to these exercises in Appendix A.