AppleScript is a programming language that allows
Macintosh users to automate repetitive tasks and to customize applications
to suit specific needs. Included in every Macintosh computer, AppleScript
is an integral component of the operating system that allows technically
sophisticated users (not necessarily programmers) to enhance the functionality
of their computers. AppleScript programs (applets) perform like bots (software
robots): once they are written they can autonomously process and manage
multimedia data, including digital video, text, and Web-based material.
One of the newer developments in AppleScript is a capacity for enabling
distributed computing through a feature that Apple calls "program
linking over IP." Web-based program linking makes it possible for
programmers to work collaboratively with other (geographically remote)
Macintosh users, to control applications remotely, and to call AppleScript
methods on code libraries on other machines. |
