Jim, There's a book or two specifically addressing Apple Scripting on bookshare.org. I know I downloaded one @ some point in the past.
Good luck, CJ On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cool, thanks, Alex. I just have some tasks that I'd like to do and looking > at automator or scripting to do these tasks. > Thanks, > jg > > On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> I learned by googling it. It is really simple, as close to a plain English >> programming language as I've ever seen... >> Tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to the path of the selected >> file >> stuff like that. Basically, identify a task you want to do in Aplescript, >> then google that particular task. You'll learn as you go along. At least, >> that's what worked for me. >> On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all! >>> Are there good resources for learning AppleScript? It doesn't look all >>> that difficult but a nice book or resource would be helpful. >>> Thanks, >>> jg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
