applescript

OK, so I finally got FINK installed and lvoe that fact that I can load KDE's Kicker and use those applications. However, while I don't mind opening and X11 window, typing sudo kicker and then entering a password, my wife would never use this system if she had to do that. I want her to be able...

I want to write a script that I could put on my desktop to let my wife click on it andit will open the startup disk control panel and reboot from OS X into OS 9. Can anyone either give me something I can copy and past into the editor or at least tell me how to access the system prefs using a...

I've been messing around with AppleScripts and i thought it would be nice to make a script that would open a window and go to a spacific site for me, but i can't figure it out. So far all i have is: tell application "Safari" activate make new window end tell This is extreamly...

this is sort of a dumb question but i put the applescript logo in the menubar with the clock and airport, but now i have no use for it and i cant figure out how to get rid of it....:confused:

I have really no AppleScript experience, so I figure I should ask for some help before my head explodes. I'm trying to change the title of a menu item when a drawer opens. on opened theObject if name of theObject = "theDrawer" then tell window "mainWindow" to set title of button...

How can I make a handler in applescript on OS X that runs when my Ibook wakes from sleep? Is there a wake system event that makes it possible to write something like on wake -- doing my stuff here end wake Regards Anders

I've been given the task of retrieving data from this website. http://www.annecy.org/home/MIFA/List_participant/index.php?Page_ID=454 What I have to do is get each companies information. This website made it so that you have to click on each individual company to get a pop up box with the...

Does anyone know of a simple way to run an AppleScript when a PHP page is hit? Specifically... http://www.waferbaby.com/software/tuna/ :)

I was just getting into playing with AppleScript on my new 10.2.4 machine - and then it happened. I can no longer open a dictionary in either the Script Editor or Project Builder. Trying to do do results in a lot of disk thrashing and an "Unexpected Exit." It used to work. I've gone through...

i have been trying to write a script that will get a CD key of a game.(i lost it). Is this possible? and how do i do it? thx for help

I'm trying to write a script to automatically open Filemaker, look up a remote host, and open the different database windows without having to do it manually every day. I've started it, but I can't get it to open even 1 object that I tell it to. Here's what I've got so far: tell...

Hello, The following code tell application "Finder" set theFile to file "Something" of desktop set the position of theFile to {100, 200} end tell moves an item in the ~/Desktop folder not on the actual desktop! How do I move item on the user perceived desktop?

I am wanting to create a script that will delete everything in a few certain folders that I have on logout, restart or shutdown. So my questions are... 1. Would this be better done with a cron job or with applescript? 2. Whether it be cron or applescript, how do I set it up? Thanks

well, slightly more complicated than that: I have written two applescripts, one that is executed just before system sleep the other when the system wakes. The first checks if itunes is running and if it is playing. The second then resumes playing if itunes was playing before sleep.(notice the...

I am trying to write an AppleScript for our computer lab to automate login to my school network. There's a catch though. There are three possible servers somebody can log on to, one for freshman/soph, one for juni/seniors, and one for faculty. Basically, i want to write a script that automates...

Anybody has tried to write a script with Applescript to minimize/maxmize any application window? The application I am using doesn't have shortcut key for minimizing or maximizing the window. Thanx.

The other day I downloaded and installed the recently released version of MyTV XTC, and was pleased to discover that it was apparently apple-scriptable. I say apparently, because when I choose Open Dictionary... in script editor, the MyTV XTC application is listed, and it shows commands such...

hello, I have decided to embark on creating my own alarm clock (ya I know it already exists)... Anyhow.. I am trying to create iCal like functionality whereby when you quit my App, the timer events will still be active. My idea is the following (I was hoping someone could offer any comments)...

I have a USB pen drive that I frequently use for getting files at work and then coming home and copying them to my Mac. I was wondering if it would be possible to write an Applescript to save me some time in copying stuff from the drive to my Mac. Would it be possible to write one where once...

Do any of you guys know where to get applescript studio? I downloaded the latest version of apples dev tools and studio isnt in there... On the apple website it says that it is included. I have some examples of studio, but not the application. Are there any mirror sites that I could get it from?