beginners guide to applescript!

[AKEYTOHELL]

dude can you keep that screen focused?

[TheMacManiaCom]

thanks for the information

[TheSnowiii]

who doesnt love apple, right? :D

[loganflinke]

Chirco, take it to Apple.

[loganflinke]

Marshall123321, you can send them the whole application once you save it to your desktop. Just click and drag the application you saved to your desktop and into the email.

[MrAzeez16]

u sound like 0zmovies guy

[redschroeder]

ZOOM OUT!

[chricolwould32rock]

Can someone help me? I made it so applescript opens when I login, and I made the command for finder to shut down. Now every time I log in, my computer shuts down. How do I stop it?

[Itsvantopgernot12]

@chricolwould32rock You need to reset your computer entirely. I can't believe you made a script like that. You should have think it through. You can also create a new account. If you can't create a new account, you reset your computer and lose all your data... :(

[Marshall123321]

could I share applescripts with other people?

via e-mail, websites, etc.?

(without actually copy and pasting the script)

[Itsvantopgernot12]

@Marshall123321 Yes, you can put the script in a attachment. :)

[Itsvantopgernot12]

@Marshall123321 Yes, you can put the script in a attachment. :)

[TheJmusic1]

very helpful, thank you!

[tkdn00b]

how do you give the display dialog box thing a title?

[SPcopyright]

wow, this is amazing! thank you! thumbs up!

[forestrocks]

Im trying to make something where there is a dialog and you have to type in goodbye for the program to quit, and i have that all done but i need to know how to make it under stand what they are typing i tried the if false i tried the if true i cant find anything that will make it under stand what they are saying. can anyone help me?

[ssc1125]

omg this is so cool

I use c++ and unix at school but I own a mac

and I had no idea there was a mac programming language

Its so simple!

[therandomawsome]

@ssc1125 And there is MANY more. Objective-C, Java (of course), AppleScript Objective-C, and more... I don't remember them in the top of my head.

[Appleman5487]

How do I do multiple accounts?

[notaninvaildname]

is there any programs like this that run on windows?

[applescriptman]

yeah. Its not the same syntax wise and it is less powerful but if you code with batch then you can control certain things on your computer.

Remember Applescript is a scripting language its not like a high level language like java or c++.

[xoxILoveCatsxox]

@notaninvaildname nope 

[therandomawsome]

In Snow Leopard, "Script Editor" is called "Applescript Editor"

[WebTechStudio]

Cool :P

[ItsMeJeffB]

i was wondering if there are any programs for mac that you can make a game like Kingdom Of Loathing, if you don't know of any programs do you know if applescript can make a game like that?

[therandomawsome]

Applescript is way to "low" to do that. Just find out how to use Perl, Cocoa, ect. by install Apples Developer Tools from developer(dot)apple(dot)com

[charmedguy18]

Thanks. Everyone starts somewhere, I always say. And this is where I start, I spose. :)

[Chase993]

bahaha AppleScript is probably the easiest programming language there is. I feel sorry for the people who don't get it.

[PoisonSerpent1]

I just realized. This is A LOT like Blitz Basic (it's used for 3D Game Programming, for those who don't know)

[PineHack]

nice video man, helped a lot. I wish I would've gone to you first!

[manuelpenal]

Great video!, thanks for posting it!

Can you use the script editor to work with i-cal so it can run your itunes play lists at different times of the day? I would love to see that!

[MaximumComputing]

yes, just go to ical, make an event, and set alarm to run a script.

[Khepramancer]

Nice vid, thanks for putting this up ; )

[Blinx100]

Thanks! this is a cool and simple video that taught me a lot.

[mxwrangler]

Can I make it shut down the computer? Cool tutorial.

[jon88mt]

I know I thought that to but I haven't figured out how to do that either, but if you go to system preferences then energy saver there's a button that says schedule & you can set your computer to turn on and off at a certain time. Don't know if you knew that already. I'd seen it before but I'd forgotten about it.

[YTMrVulcan]

You seemed to be in a hurry, and poorly prepared. Try to improve on that.

[1videoaday]

dude great video! thanks

[ibbetty]

you are not 18 you soab

[YTMrVulcan]

Is anyone claiming that (s)he is 18? Not that I can see.

[LJPfilm]

yer i think its a gay guy

[YTMrVulcan]

if gay=happy then good

if gay=preferring_men then irrelevant*

* = That is, I don't see the relevance.

[LJPfilm]

did anyone ask for your opinion??

[YTMrVulcan]

No, but then, I didn't think that I'd have to be asked.

[fruitdoodproductions]

Irelevant is not a word?

[CubingWizard]

how do you make it do 2 things at the same time?

[applescriptman]

what do u meen?

[CubingWizard]

I want to make it say something while a window pops up.

[B3ansMan]

really awesome but you don't sound like a man :P You're really cool though :)

[Nameless37]

I working on my first helpful script and i need help

tell application "iChat" to set status message to text returned of (display dialog "Enter Your Status Message" default answer "Away" buttons {"Set Status"} default button 1)

i want to know hot make it say

"Status Successfully set to the status you typed before "

I also want to know hot to hide ichat this whole time

please explain where and the script i need to insert

[cacashitman]

for it to respond at the end of your script type this:

say "Status Successfully set to status you typed before"

[Nameless37]

I meant like this "status Successfully set to *the status you typed*"

can you figure that out

[ctalovespie]

OMG thanks so much! just what i needed!

[groovycake]

say "hello" beep say "hello" beep say "do" beep say "you" beep say "find" beep say "this" beep say "annoying" beep

[HappySpaceInvdr]

Nice tutorial. I'm trying to find a decent resource for maths and substring functions. I have a password generation program in Perl and I want to write a similar one in AppleScript. My perl program uses a string containing all the possible characters for the password, then for the number of characters in my password, I pick a random character out of the list (using Perl's substr function).

How would I do this in AppleScript?

[applescriptman]

email me via youtube a full rundown of everything. i will do my best and contact you if i need any additional info.

thanks for subscribing!

[thomasaxn]

P = (q/90)[H(Q2 -Q1)]

q, H, Q2, Q1 are variables that i have. and the program will give me the value for P

[applescriptman]

wow thats complecated.

Do you know the value of q. and i dont know how entering numbers comes into this! oh and is the q/90 q divided by 9.

also with algebra you usually (if you have one value) dont write a 1 next to it. Basically what you said is; one q is equal to q times 1.

[thomasaxn]

thanks anyway.. i am going to try and find how to enter numbers in apple scritp

[applescriptman]

look at the how to build a user and password protected app. It shows you how to enter numbers or words and get a result.

[thomasaxn]

where in apple script can i find like a pre-window of the software, so that i can input the balnk espaces, the buttons, etc...

[applescriptman]

what?!

I just need to know the formula you want to perform.

for example:

the formula is finding the area of a square.

i enter 5, then the program will tell itself to times 5 by 5 and then out put the answer in a new display dialog.

All i need os the formula!

[thomasaxn]

P = (q/90)[H(Q2 -Q1)]

q, H, Q2, Q1 are variables that i have. and the program will give me the value for P

[thomasaxn]

like a graphic program, where i get to insert number, and i have a "button" to action some formula.and then it gives me the result

[applescriptman]

yes, i understand that. But what is your formula.

[thomasaxn]

P = (q/90)[H(Q2 -Q1)]

q, H, Q2, Q1 are variables that i have. and the program will give me the value for P

[thomasaxn]

i need to write a progam file like in delphi, but im new with mac... i see that its eassier, could you tell me how. i need the progam to be a window where i input some data (numbers) and then it will run the formula and give back the result instantly.. thx

[applescriptman]

ok thats possible to do with applescript! but i need to know what formula you wont it to perform. For example if you enter 5 it will times it by 9.

i need to understand what you trying to acheive and then i will be able to write the code for you.

thanks for subscribing!

[applescriptman]

please comment!!!

[therandomawsome]

No

(now on youtube, my comment alone is too short)