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Resources#

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/index.htm official document

Line-Continuation Symbol The Line-Continuation Symbol is a symbol that can be used to prevent confusion caused by word-wrapping in AppleScript Editor. Although this code takes up 2 lines, the compiler reads the first line, sees the line-continuation symbol, and then reads the second line as a continuation of the first line. Using the U.S. keyboard, this character can easily be achieved by the key combination Option-l (lowercase L).

codes#

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repeat while theName = ""
repeat with theItem in myList 
repeat 3 times
end repeat

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<!-- tell application "System Events" to key code 9 using command down -- simulate pressing cmd+V -->

keystroke "http://www.apple.com/"

key code 36 -- simulate pressing the Enter key

Tutorial:#

200808 https://segmentfault.com/a/1190000011273388

general#

  • delay
  • -- this is a comment
  • # this is also a comment

Mac API#

  • say "CONTENT_TO_READ"
  • tell
  • tell application APPNAME
  • set VARNAME to VARVALUE
  • display dialog STRING
  • display dialog STRING buttons {"BUTTON_TEXT_1", "TEXT_2", "TEXT_3"}
  • choose folder USELESS_STRING
  • keystroke (need System Events)

function#

the length of

logic control#

if X is Y then end if

try on error end

repeat with X in Y end repeat

on FUNNAME(PARAM) return PARAM end FUNNAME

data type#

list {,}#
  • item X of LIST X-th item of LIST item -1 of LIST last item of LIST
  • items X through Y of LIST
  • reverse LIST
  • every character of STRING
    • equivalent to JS split
    • with parameter "AppleScript's text item delimiters"
  • record ~ JS.object
  • #question(xxx) can comment out codes?

https://sspai.com/post/46912

AppleScript Suite#

  • 200809
  • Suite = group of class, element and properties.
  • Stack Overflow tag [AppleScript] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/applescript

https://sspai.com/post/43758

Test vscode#

  • apple script editor support also UTF-8 and UTF-16LE
  • vscode extension idleberg.applescript can run AppleScript

NIE page auto fill#

  • make new window
  • navigate to a URL: open location "https://sede.administracionespublicas.gob.es/icpplus/index.html"
  • define a function: both on and to are acceptable keyword

    There's no difference between them. Both on and to are acceptable. https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/348046

  • difference in doing JS code :

    • Chrome: applescript execute front window's active tab javascript "alert('example');"

    also, need to enable AppleScript * Safari: applescript tell application "Safari" to do JavaScript "alert('example')" in document 1

Projects#

NIE auto-fill#

feature requests#

  • modularize runJS
  • changing INFO like name , NIE etc v0.3 : it works now