MacTech AppleScript Columns

The journal of Macintosh technology

Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, has written a number of AppleScript articles geared toward developers for MacTech magazine. Many articles are available for online viewing.

About MacTech Magazine

MacTech magazine is the only monthly magazine focused on Macintosh technology and development. Distributed in over 60 countries, MacTech is read by tens of thousands of technical Macintosh users... from network administrators to programmers, from solution providers to Enterprise, and in general anyone that's interested in the Macintosh beyond the user level.

Each month MacTech provides new content, featuring articles in its five core departments - web development, multimedia technology, programming, systems development, and hardware technology.

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AppleScript Essentials Columns

• February, 2008 - Adobe CS3 and AppleScript
• May, 2007 - Introduction to Scripting Microsoft Entourage
• March, 2007 - Introduction to Scripting Microsoft PowerPoint
• February, 2007 - Introduction to Scripting Microsoft Excel
• January, 2007 - Introduction to Scripting Microsoft Word
• December, 2006 - AppleScript Code Libraries
• November, 2006 - Introduction to Scripting InDesign
• October, 2006 - Introduction to Scripting QuarkXPress
• September, 2006 - Introduction to Scripting GraphicConverter
• August, 2006 - Introduction to Scripting Photoshop
• July, 2006 - More Scriptable Access to Remote Directories
• June, 2006 - Introduction to Scripting Transmit
• May, 2006 - Introduction to Scripting Fetch
• April, 2006 - Introduction to Scripting FileMaker Pro
• March, 2006 - Storing and Accessing Data from AppleScript
• February, 2006 - Introduction to Database Events
• January, 2006 - Providing Progress Feedback During Script Execution
• December, 2005 - Building Table Views with AppleScript Studio
• November, 2005 - Introduction to Scripting iCal
• October, 2005 - Introduction to Scripting Address Book
• September, 2005 - Introduction to Scripting Mail
• August, 2005 - Building Automator Actions with AppleScript
• July, 2005 - Working with Text
• June, 2005 - User Interface Scripting
• May, 2005 - What's New with AppleScript in Tiger
• April, 2005 - Introduction to AppleScript Studio
• March, 2005 - Performing Basic Image Manipulation... Using Your Existing Software
• February, 2005 - An Introduction to Handlers
• January, 2005 - Thinking Logically (Using If/Then Statements)
• December 2004 - Should I Repeat Myself? (Using Repeat Loops)
• November 2004 - More Finder Scripting
• October 2004 - Becoming More Efficient Through Folder Watching
• September 2004 - Introduction to Scripting the Finder
• August 2004 - User Interaction Basics
• July 2004 - The "NEW" Script Editor

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