Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-14 Thread Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
Hello, A sighted person was helping me with a computer task on the mac, and apparently changed a setting for my inbox in mail. My messages are showing up in reverse cronological order, old messages first. How would I change this to the original view? Thanks for any help, Antonio guimaraes -

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thanks I'll have to try that myself if I can find it again I meant he code and when I have ti e time to compile it which should not take more then a second or two. lol! take care all. S On Feb 12, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > Hi, > > Oh, i see. That makes sense. It works perfe

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, Oh, i see. That makes sense. It works perfectly now. :) Aum namah Śivāya, Brandon www.thefulleffect.org - Healing the Whole Person I help people to experience healing on all levels, and to choose a path that is fulfilling for them. On Feb 12, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > I

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I mis-read your question yesterday. In applescript if you specify an object (document, file, folder, window ) with a number then it uses the "index" of the object which for windows and documents Document 1 is the current document and Document (count of documents) would be the document on the b

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Wrap the entire thing in a repeat .. something like repeat with aDocument in documents of application "TextEdit" set DocumentName to the Name of the Document... end repeat On Feb 11, 2011, at 1:26 AM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > Hi John, > > Thanks for your help. I saw the code that was given,

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-10 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi John, Thanks for your help. I saw the code that was given, and it makes enough sense. However, the tel block seems to specify a specific document (document 1?). How would I have it check the count of whatever document is currently active in TextEdit? I figured out how to use the script edit

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks! I'll give it a try. Donna On Feb 10, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > start AppleScript editor and paste everything into it. > > Press the run button in the toolbar or command-R and see if it works. If it > works save it. > > There is a place in the library where you can pu

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
start AppleScript editor and paste everything into it. Press the run button in the toolbar or command-R and see if it works. If it works save it. There is a place in the library where you can put it so the script shows up in your contextual (VO-Shift-M) menus. Something like "Library/Apple

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi John, Thanks for responding, but I think you're a bit over my head. :) Let's be more concrete. You suggested that a simple script would allow one the option to see the word count. I've saved the script text, but what specific steps do I take to implement that script? Thanks, Donna On Feb 1

Re: Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Creating an AppleScript can be frustrating even to programmers. But it certainly is possible, I have a AppleScript that is about 200 lines of code right now. Some sections were quite annoyng for example, I decided to have a "handler" that creates a folder if it does not exist. When I use thi

Creating Apple Scripts, wasWord Count

2011-02-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Sorry if I'm really behind here, but I need to get on top of how to create apple scripts. Can someone give me some pointers for how to do this? thanks in advance, Donna On Feb 10, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > A simple applescript should do the trick... > > tell document