AppleScript
Sign in to saveAppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. that facilitates automated control of Mac applications. First introduced in System 7, it is currently included in macOS in a package of automation tools. The term AppleScript may refer to the scripting language, to a script written in the language, or to the macOS Open Scripting Architecture that underlies the language.
Key facts
- Programming language.name
- AppleScript
- Programming language.developer
- Apple Inc.
- Programming language.paradigm
- Natural language programming, Scripting
- Programming language.typing
- Weak, dynamic
- Programming language.latest_release_version
- 2.8
- Programming language.operating_system
- System 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, macOS
- Programming language.license
- Proprietary (parts available under APSL)
- Programming language.influenced_by
- Natural language, HyperTalk
- Programming language.file_ext
- .scpt, .scptd, .applescript
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- media type
- text/plain
- inception
- 1993-01-01
- software version identifier
- 2.8
- file extension
- applescript
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/applescript
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33 sectionsContents
- History
- Intent
- Natural language metaphor
- Examples
- Hello, world!
- Failsafe calculator
- Drive login
- Development tools
- Script editors
- Script launchers
- Resources
- {{anchor|AppleScript Libraries}}AppleScript Libraries
- {{anchor|AppleScript Studio}}AppleScript Studio
- {{anchor|AppleScriptObjC}}AppleScriptObjC
- Automator
- Scriptable core system applications
- {{anchor|Scripting Additions}}Scripting Additions (OSAX)
- Language
- Typing
- Scoping
- Types and objects
- Block
- Script
- Loop
- Handler
- Comment
- User interaction
- Open Scripting Architecture
- JavaScript for Automation
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. that facilitates automated control of Mac applications. First introduced in System 7, it is currently included in macOS in a package of automation tools. The term AppleScript may refer to the scripting language, to a script written in the language, or to the macOS Open Scripting Architecture that underlies the language.
AppleScript is primarily a mechanism for driving Apple events an inter-application communication (IAC) technology that exchanges data between and controls applications. Additionally, AppleScript supports basic calculations and text processing, and is extensible via scripting additions that add functions to the language.