• Who Should Read This Document

• Organization of This Document

• See Also

• Version Information

• Building AppleScript Studio Applications

• Sources of AppleScript Studio Terminology

• Script Suites, aetes, and Sdefs

• How Suite Information Is Organized

• Terminology Supplied by the Cocoa Application Framework

• Terminology Supplied by AppleScript Studio

• Standard Key Forms

• Naming Conventions for Methods and Handlers

• Accessing Properties and Elements

• Event Handler Parameters

• Connecting Key and Mouse Event Handlers

• Scripting Error Messages

• Using the Sample Scripts

• Panels Versus Dialogs and Windows

• A Word on Unicode Text

• Terminology

• Classes

• application

• bundle

• data

• default entry

• event

• font

• formatter

• image

• item

• movie

• pasteboard

• responder

• sound

• toolbar

• toolbar item

• user-defaults

• window

• Commands

• call method

• center

• hide

• load image

• load movie

• load nib

• load sound

• localized string

• log

• path for

• register

• select

• select all

• show

• size to fit

• update

• Events

• activated

• awake from nib

• became key

• became main

• clicked toolbar item

• closed

• deminiaturized

• document nib name

• exposed

• idle

• keyboard down

• keyboard up

• launched

• miniaturized

• mouse down

• mouse dragged

• mouse entered

• mouse exited

• mouse moved

• mouse up

• moved

• opened

• open untitled

• resigned active

• resigned key

• resigned main

• resized

• right mouse down

• right mouse dragged

• right mouse up

• scroll wheel

• should close

• should open

• should open untitled

• should quit

• should quit after last window closed

• should zoom

• shown

• update toolbar item

• was hidden

• was miniaturized

• will become active

• will close

• will finish launching

• will hide

• will miniaturize

• will move

• will open

• will quit

• will resign active

• will resize

• will show

• will zoom

• zoomed

• Enumerations

• Alert Return Values

• Alert Type

• Bezel Style

• Border Type

• Box Type

• Button Type

• Cell Image Position

• Cell State Value

• Cell Type

• Color Panel Mode

• Control Size

• Control Tint

• Coordinate System

• Drag Operation

• Drawer State

• Event Type

• Go To

• Image Alignment

• Image Frame Style

• Image Scaling

• Matrix Mode

• QuickTime Movie Loop Mode

• Rectangle Edge

• Scroll To Location

• Sort Case Sensitivity

• Sort Order

• Sort Type

• Tab State

• Tab View Type

• Table View Drop Operation

• Text Alignment

• Tick Mark Position

• Title Position

• Toolbar Display Mode

• Toolbar Size Mode

• Terminology

• Classes

• box

• clip view

• drawer

• scroll view

• split view

• tab view

• tab view item

• view

• Commands

• close drawer

• lock focus

• open drawer

• unlock focus

• Events

• bounds changed

• resized sub views

• parameters updated

• selected tab view item

• should select tab view item

• update parameters

• will resize sub views

• will select tab view item

• Terminology

• Classes

• action cell

• button

• button cell

• cell

• color well

• combo box

• combo box item

• control

• image cell

• image view

• matrix

• movie view

• popup button

• progress indicator

• secure text field

• secure text field cell

• slider

• stepper

• text field

• text field cell

• Commands

• animate

• go

• highlight

• increment

• pause

• perform action

• play

• resume

• scroll

• start

• step back

• step forward

• stop

• synchronize

• Events

• action

• begin editing

• changed

• clicked

• double clicked

• end editing

• selection changed

• selection changing

• should begin editing

• should end editing

• will dismiss

• will pop up

• Terminology

• Classes

• browser

• browser cell

• data cell

• data column

• data item

• data row

• data source

• outline view

• table column

• table header cell

• table header view

• table view

• Commands

• append

• item for

• Events

• accept outline drop

• accept table drop

• cell value

• cell value changed

• change cell value

• change item value

• child of item

• column clicked

• column moved

• column resized

• item expandable

• item value

• item value changed

• items changed

• number of browser rows

• number of items

• number of rows

• prepare outline drag

• prepare outline drop

• prepare table drag

• prepare table drop

• rows changed

• should collapse item

• should expand item

• should select column

• should select item

• should select row

• should selection change

• will display browser cell

• will display cell

• will display item cell

• will display outline cell

• Terminology

• Classes

• document

• Events

• data representation

• load data representation

• read from file

• write to file

• Terminology

• Classes

• drag info

• Events

• conclude drop

• drag

• drag entered

• drag exited

• drag updated

• drop

• prepare drop

• Terminology

• Classes

• menu

• menu item

• Events

• choose menu item

• update menu item

• Terminology

• Classes

• alert reply

• color-panel

• dialog reply

• font-panel

• open-panel

• panel

• save-panel

• Commands

• close panel

• display

• display alert

• display dialog

• display panel

• load panel

• Events

• alert ended

• dialog ended

• panel ended

• Terminology

• Classes

• plugin

• Events

• plugin loaded

• Terminology

• Classes

• text

• text view