SD5 Help Book

Script Debugger Help Welcome to Script Debugger, from Late Night Software! Script Debugger is a powerful environment for easy, rapid development of AppleScript solutions. You’ll discover that Script Debugger is the best way to: • Explore scriptable applications. ◦ Examine, navigate and search an application’s dictionary. ◦ Probe a running application’s scriptable objects and values. • Develop AppleScript code. ◦ Script Debugger helps you edit code and insert boilerplate constructs. ◦ Run your code, examine the result, and view the Apple events that you are sending and receiving. ◦ Run your code a little at a time to better understand how it works (or to figure out why it doesn’t). About This Help Document: Use the hyperlinks, and the navigation aids at the top and bottom of each page, to learn about Script Debugger or to reach the information you need. Or, click the blue arrow in the upper right corner repeatedly, to read sequentially, like a book! For a complete Table of Contents, click here. A Contents link also appears at the top right of each page. Further Details: Opening and Saving Scripts Explore Develop Reference Script Debugger Help > Contents Opening and Saving Scripts A script is a file consisting of AppleScript code. Scripts are Script Debugger’s native documents. Read on to learn how Script Debugger opens and saves scripts. Learn how Script Debugger: • Opens scripts. What file formats can Script Debugger open? What happens if there’s difficulty opening a file? • Saves scripts. What formats does Script Debugger save in? What additional information does Script Debugger save? Also, Script Debugger gives you access to secondary information about a script file. Learn about: • Description. A script’s description can serve as a reminder to the developer, an explanation to users, and a splash screen in an applet. • Manifest. Script Debugger creates a summary of what applications and scripting additions are needed in order for your script to be edited and executed. • Library. A script can depend on the loading of code from other scripts. Script Debugger automates this aspect of AppleScript. • Bundle contents. If a script is in a bundle format, you can work with files and folders inside the bundle. Further Details: Open Save Description Library Manifest Bundle Explore Script Debugger Help > Opening and Saving Scripts > Contents Open Here’s how to open a file with Script Debugger. The result of opening a script file is either a script window or…