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Objective-C Method Name to AppleScriptOb...

cwilliams10 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:18:20 +0200

Here is a Ruby script to convert Objective-C method names into AppleScriptObjC method names.

Add this script to your user scripts inside Xcode and give it a shortcut. Copy the method name from the Objective-C documentation and paste into your AppleScriptObjC file. Hightlight the code and execute the shortcut!

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Objective-C Variable Declaration Tidier

cwilliams10 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:25:16 +0200

I try to write neat, easy to read code and one pet peeve of mine is when variable declarations do not line up. This can be a difficult task as the project grows and more and more declarations are added. If you take the time to re-align them you start to look like Monk!

This is a personal preference of mine so please do not take offense if you write code this way. :)

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AppleScriptObjC Simple Bindings

cwilliams10 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:23:26 +0200

Shane Stanley from AppleScript Pro Sessions has kindly provided an example file using simple bindings in AppleScriptObjC. Here is a short video demonstrating how to set up the bindings for this file.

Download the source project

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AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 5 - Conver...

cwilliams10 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:15:46 +0200

AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 5 - Converting ObjC to ASOC

Part 5 deals with reading and understanding the documentation and how to convert between Objective-C and AppleScriptObjC.

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AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 4 - Saving...

cwilliams10 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:47:35 +0200

The final article for our "Book List" application has now been posted. Whew!

It covers the last few things we needed to take care of; saving, updating and deleting.

You can read it here.
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AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 3 - Custom...

cwilliams10 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:15:05 +0200

Part 3 of AppleScriptObjC in Xcode has now been posted. This tutorial covers modifying and creating custom Xcode templates.

If you use Xcode very much this is a real time saver!

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Dual-Monitors on Snow Leopard

cwilliams10 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:42:51 +0200

Has anyone noticed that in Snow Leopard you can drag folders, hard drives, files, etc. onto the desktop of your second monitor? I'd say this is pretty cool!
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AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 2

cwilliams10 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:45:22 +0200

Just posted an article at MacScripter.net on using AppleScriptObjC in Xcode.

In this tutorial we build a "Book List" application using a table view.
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AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 1

cwilliams10 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:54:30 +0200

Just posted an article at MacScripter.net on using AppleScriptObjC in Xcode. This is the first of several articles to help people get started using the new framework.
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Managing Numerous Scripts using Services...

cwilliams10 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:49:18 +0200

I wrote an article for the unScripted section of Macscripter.net titled "Managing Numerous Scripts using Services in Snow Leopard" using the improved Services feature in Snow Leopard.

I am very excited about Services and how this will change the way we manage and execute scripts.
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Snow Leopard AppleScript

cwilliams10 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:20:49 +0200

Check out the AppleScript Release Notes and AppleScriptObjC Release Notes.

Big changes in Snow Leopard for AppleScript. No more AppleScript Studio but we get total access to Objective-C frameworks!

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Launch AppleScript Scripts From a Webpag...

cwilliams10 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:03:22 +0200

Have you ever wanted to get information out of a webpage and work with that information on your computer? There are several techniques that allow you to do this especially if you use Safari. Safari is fairly scriptable and you can execute JavaScript code from AppleScript to talk to the DOM in a Safari window. What do you do though when you use Firefox?

Firefox has only one AppleScript command: OpenURL. This is great if the only thing you ever want to automate is opening Firefox to a specified url. Not likely!

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Spawn Safari Tabs with Page Links using...

cwilliams10 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:50:34 +0200

FileMakerToday.com is a FileMaker forum I visit frequently. I view the new posts area where posts from all the sub-forums are gathered together.

Sometimes there are many links on the page and I want to look at each ones details without right-clicking on the link and choosing open in new tab.

This script will do just that.

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Matt Neuburg Book on Rb-Appscript

cwilliams10 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:37:53 +0200

EDIT: Matt just released a major update covering the 0.5.2 rb-appscript.

If you like Ruby and want to learn how to control scriptable applications on your Mac this book is a must read!

It is currently in beta and freely available to view on the web. Check it out!

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Change a file's Creation and Modificatio...

cwilliams10 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:25:52 +0200

Edit

There is a more full featured example of this on the Hamsoft website. Hank has added the necessary error checking and demonstrates how to use this tool from AppleScript.

You may find it more useful!

A question came up on one of the forums the other day about how to change a file's creation and modification dates. They were using the /Developer/Tools/SetFile tool but were getting some odd results.

I searched all over the internet but everything I found would not do exactly what was needed.

For example. The command line utility touch using the '-tm' will change both the creation and modification dates to the same day but only if it is a date older than the current creation date.

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