====== AppleScript tips ======
  * application automation <code applescript>tell application "Finder" to empty trash</code>
  * computer operation <code applescript>
property target_URL : "http://macscripter.net/"
open location target_URL
</code>
  * system operation <code applescript>
set volume 7
beep 5
say "Hello!"
say "Hello!" using "Zarvox"
</code>
  * user interaction <code applescript>
display dialog "How are you today?" 
	buttons {"Lousy", "Good", "Great!"} 
	default button "Great!" 
	with icon 1 	[with icon note]
	giving up after 5
delay 60 -- //delay 60 seconds
display dialog "Please enter a number:" 
	default answer "5"
</code>
  * user input automation <code applescript>
tell application "System Events"
  tell process (path to frontmost application as string)
    keystroke "myPassword" & return
  end tell
end tell
</code>
  * script and shell automation <code applescript>
do shell script "cd ~/Documents; ls" 
</code>
  * path convertion <code applescript>
-- unix path to applescript path
set applePath to POSIX file "/myPath"
set applePath to POSIX file mySel as Unicode text

-- apple path to unix path
set bashPath to POSIX path of applePath
</code>
  * pipe data from command by bracket <code applescript>display dialog (do shell script "echo $PATH")</code>
  * text processing

====== system preference ======
  * change dock size <code applescript>
set dockPrefs to (path to preferences folder from user domain as text) & "com.apple.dock.plist"

-- get the current location of the dock and use that to toggle your settings
tell application "System Events"
tell property list file dockPrefs to set theLocation to value of property list item "orientation"

-- set the dock size: a value between 0 and 1
tell dock preferences
if theLocation is "bottom" then
set dock size to 0.1
else
set dock size to 0.9
end if
end tell

-- set the position: left, right, or bottom
tell property list file dockPrefs
if theLocation is "bottom" then
set value of property list item "orientation" to "left"
else
set value of property list item "orientation" to "bottom"
end if
end tell
end tell

-- quit and relaunch the dock with the new settings
tell application "Dock" to quit 
</code>
  * toggle keyboard function key <code applescript>
tell application "System Preferences"
	activate
	set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
end tell

tell application "System Events"
	-- If we don't have UI Elements enabled, then nothing is really going to work.
	if UI elements enabled then
		tell application process "System Preferences"
			get properties
			
			click radio button "Keyboard" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard & Mouse"
			click checkbox "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" of tab group 1 of window "Keyboard & Mouse"
		end tell
		tell application "System Preferences" to quit
	else
		-- GUI scripting not enabled.  Display an alert
		tell application "System Preferences"
			activate
			set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
			display dialog "UI element scripting is not enabled. Please activate \"Enable access for assistive devices\""
		end tell
	end if
end tell
</code>
====== Keycode of AppleScript ======

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^	F1	|	122	^	`	|	50	^	,	|	13	^	o	|	1	^	q	|	7	|
^	F2	|	120	^	1	|	18	^	.	|	14	^	e	|	2	^	j	|	8	|
^	F3	|	99	^	2	|	19	^	p	|	15	^	u	|	3	^	k	|	9	|
^	F4	|	118	^	3	|	20	^	y	|	17	^	i	|	5	^	x	|	11	|
^	F5	|	96	^	4	|	21	^	f	|	16	^	d	|	4	^	b	|	45	|
^	F6	|	97	^	5	|	23	^	g	|	32	^	h	|	38	^	m	|	46	|
^	F7	|	98	^	6	|	22	^	c	|	34	^	t	|	40	^	w	|	43	|
^	F8	|	100	^	7	|	26	^	r	|	31	^	n	|	37	^	v	|	47	|
^	F9	|	101	^	8	|	28	^	l	|	35	^	s	|	41	^	z	|	44	|
^	F10	|	109	^	9	|	25	^	/	|	33	^	-	|	39	^	left	|	123	|
^	F11	|	103	^	0	|	29	^	=	|	30	^	return	|	36	^	up	|	126	|
^	F12	|	?	^	[	|	27	^	\	|	42	^	space	|	49	^	down	|	125	|
^	delete	|	51	^	]	|	24	^		|		^	enter	|	52	^	right	|	124	|

====== AppleScript ready-to-use library ======
  * http://macdevelopertips.com/category/applescript