AppleScript Info

AppleScript News and Information

Signing Off - April 20, 2003

As some of you may or may not know, until recently I was a member of the MacScripter.net team. As a result of my daily duties there, I had access to a lot of news and information related to AppleScript. MacScripter.net didn't have RSS feeds so I created AppleScript Info in an attempt to reach out to those who prefer to get their AppleScript news via syndication. Now that they've filled the gap, I don't see the need to continue to publish AppleScript Info. Thanks to everyone who has visited and..
http://radio.weblogs.com/0103146/

Congratulations MacScripter.net! - April 20, 2003

The MacScripter.net crew has rolled out a new version of the web site with several changes aimed at enhancing and expanding the resources which are available to their guests. In addition to all of the goodies that scripters have come to rely on, they've added Code Exchange, for sharing script tips, and Scriptable Applications, a list of scriptable applications with downloadable PDFs of their AppleScript dictionaries. Last but not least, the News and ScriptBuilders sections now have RSS feeds!...
http://macscripter.net/

Ibis 2.4 - April 20, 2003

Ibis is an AppleScript droplet that will auto-post files via drag and drop to newsgroups using Thoth for OS X. Release notes: Fixed an error that, in extremely rare circumstances, would cause the path to the user's preferences to return an error. Ibis requires OS X 10.2 or later.
http://www.nonamescriptware.com/

Safari Window Sizing - April 20, 2003

Annoyed that Safari sometimes forgets your preferred window size Here's an AppleScript (great for LibraryScriptsApplicationsSafari) and a bookmarklet that will resize your browser windows for you. NSLog();
http://nslog.com/archives/2003/04/19/safari_window_sizing.php

iUpdate 0.1.1 - April 19, 2003

iUpdate is an open source (GPL) application that uses AppleScript and Perl to check the version of local OS X applications and then contact the iUpdate server to find which apps are out of date.
http://iupdate.dnsalias.com/index.html

View Browser Source 1.2 - April 19, 2003

This set of OS X AppleScript scripts allows users to easily view the HTML source code of a browser page in an external text editor. Browsers supported: Camino 0.7, Chimera 0.6, IE 5.2.2, Mozilla 1.0.1, Netscape 7, Opera 6 and Safari 1.0b. Editors supported: BBEdit, emacs, PageSpinner, pico, TextEdit and vi. Release notes: Added support for Camino. Cursor is now placed at the beginning of file in BBEdit. Fixed Safari line feed issues with BBEdit.
http://webgraph.com/usability/applescripts/

FastScripts 1.0.2 - April 19, 2003

FastScripts is a replacement script menu that offers a number of features that are not provided by Apple's systemwide Script Menu. It requires OS X 10.1 or greater and registration is $10. Release notes: FastScripts can now recognize and launch script content from AppleScript appletsdroplets without launching the applet.
http://www.red-sweater.com/RedSweater/FastScripts.html

PDF U 1.2 - April 18, 2003

PDF U allows users to easily activate the PDF services menu in OS X 10.2.4 and higher. Release notes: Added a new feature to only copy the scripts to a currently existing PDF Services folder. Added a new "Save PDF to Folder" script. Bug fixes and better error reporting.
http://www.ifthensoft.com/

ZDNet: Music-swapping software makes comeback - April 18, 2003

iCommune, software that allow iTunes users to share their music over a network, and software that drew fire from Apple, now uses "a combination of little-known features in iTunes along with code written in AppleScript, the Mac's built-in scripting language." The latest open source release is available from sourceforge.net.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997039.html

Bill Cheeseman turns 60 today - April 17, 2003

Happy Birthday Bill!
http://www.applescriptsourcebook.com/