AppleScript is a powerful and versatile scripting language that is built into Mac OS X. You can use AppleScript to create shortcuts, automate repetitive tasks, or even make custom applications that save you a great amount of time. AppleScript is an English-like language you can use to write scripts that contain commands. Scripts can make decisions based on user interaction, or by parsing and analyzing data, documents, or situations. Remote Desktop is scriptable, as are many other Mac OS X applications, and it can be controlled with AppleScript commands. AppleScript is a complete language with conditional statements, comparison and arithmetic operations, and the ability to store variables.

This documentation doesn't teach AppleScript language syntax or programming practices. For information about learning how to program with AppleScript, see the AppleScript online help.

These topics provide a brief description of AppleScript, a brief discussion of using the Remote Desktop AppleScript Dictionary, and a sample script.

See also:

• Remote Desktop's AppleScript Basics
• Using the Remote Desktop AppleScript Dictionary
• Sample AppleScript