1.8. Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to do the following:

• Start up Script Editor

• Type a simple AppleScript program, compile it, and run it

• Look at the results of the program in the Result pane

• Save your AppleScript program to a file

• Add a description to your program

• Use the display dialog command to display a message to the user

• Define a character string

• Set up a simple list

• Use optional command parameters; in particular, use some of the display dialog command's parameters to change the labels on buttons, specify a default button, and display an icon

• Write an AppleScript program containing more than one command

• Add comments to your program