AppleScript: The Missing Manual
by Adam Goldstein

This errata page lists errors outstanding in the most recent printing.

If you have technical questions or error reports, you can send them to
booktech@oreilly.com.  Please specify the printing date of your copy.

This page was updated July 31, 2006.

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification


Confirmed errors:


(xvii)  first paragraph;
AppleScript has several advantages that make the best option for many jobs.
should read:
AppleScript has several advantages that make it the best option for many jobs.


{4}  1st sentence under header  "The Script Menu.";
For Mac OS 10.4 users ONLY:
In Tiger, there is no "Install Script Menu."  To get the "parchment" icon on the menu bar, 
you open "Applescript Utility" and check the box that says "Show script menu in menu bar."


(40)  Figure 3-1, dialog box screen shot;
"Hello! I'm your first AppleScript"
should be:
"Hello! I'm your first AppleScript."


{67}  "The count Command" box, 2nd column, lines 1-3;

tell application "Finder"
    set itemNumber to (count every item
    in the folder "Applications")

should be:

tell application "Finder"
    set itemNumber to (count every item
    in the folder "Applications" of the
    startup disk)

NOTE: There is a line-continuaion symbol (see Note on page 55) at
the end of the 2nd line (after "item").  There should be another one
at the end of the 3rd line (after "the"), but NOT at the end of the
4th line [after "disk)"].


{78}, Displaying Folders
"For Mac OS 10.4 users ONLY:
The example in the book omits "Macintosh HD" in before "Users".  Mac OS X 10.4 users must
add the name of the startup disk to the beginning of the path.


{79} code;
"For Mac OS 10.4 users ONLY:
On page 79, the script line
         make new Finder window to POSIX file "/Applications/" --option 2
     Should be changed to
         make new Finder window to folder "Macintosh HD:Applications:" --option 2

     Also, the line

         open POSIX file "/Applications/" -- option 4
     Should be changed to
         open folder "Macintosh HD:Applications:" -- option 4


{84}  "Moving a Window" box, last sentence in right column;

Just before the last sentence:

"For a more detailed explanation of Mac OS X's odd window-
positioning system, see page 124."

insert the following paragraph:

"(NOTE: Your mileage may vary on these numbers. If you find
that using the boundaries mentioned in the book puts your
window off to the side of the screen, try playing around
with smaller numbers until you get the window right where
you want it.)"


(138)  FAQ, 2nd paragraph, 7th line;
...shop, CorelDraw, and ever other Mac photo program in




(145)  penultimate line of page;
"...scripts, all of Iwhich work..."
should read:
"...scripts, all of which work..."


{242}  Just after "Here's how the script works its magic:";
  existing text:

    Part 1 tells System Events that you're interesting in scripting...

  should be:

    Part 1 tells System Events that you're interested in scripting...


(243-244) after code at bottom of page;
Before "Here's how the script breaks down" on page 244, insert the following:

If you're using Mac OS 10.4 or higher, you may need to insert this
line:
                 delay 4
before this line:
                click the menu item "Universal Access" of the menu "View of menu bar 1