Hows does one come up with a useful script????

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hey guys,

I’m new to applescripting…

In order to experiment with applescript, I need find a good project that I can work on. How do you get an idea for a useful script???

Julz

#2

Ok create a script that goes to the enclosed folder and puts the enclosed folder to left and front most folder to right. Nicely spaced to fit your screen, leaving 80 pixels to right for harddisks.

Change your screen res and your script should still work.

Have fun

P.S. post you OS version and other Application for more problems.

#3

Here’s another idea. I am often working in a window and want to manually transfer a file into another nearby file but I’d rather not change the view of the window I’m in. Typically the answer is to open up another window view. So I make a new window, I reposition it (because Finder always sticks the new window right on top of the old one . . . just to get me mad), and then I navigate to the file(s) I want (which may be nested deep down). So make a script that opens a new window, repositions it out of the way of the original window, and naviagate to the same folder or selected file (with the idea that navigation from there will be shorter than from the user level). - - Just an idea.

#4

Moving to OS X…

#5

A great way to learn scripting is to start with these tutorials by Craig Smith:

AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners I - Getting Started & Script Editor
AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners II - Variables and Dictionaries
AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners III - The Power of Lists
AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners IV - Records & Repeats
AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners V - Testing & Shorthand
AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners VI - User Interaction
AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners VII - Errors
AppleScript Tutorial for Beginners VIII - Getting the Drop on Droplets