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{{Infobox programming language
|name = AppleScript
|logo = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:AppleScript Editor.png|AppleScript icon]] -->
|caption = AppleScript editor icon
|developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
|latest_release_version = 2.4.2
|latest_release_date = {{release date|2012|02|01}}
|operating_system = [[System 7]], [[Mac OS 8]], [[Mac OS]] [[Mac OS 9|9]], [[Mac OS X]]
|genre = [[Scripting language]]
|license = Apple [[EULA]] (parts available under [[Apple Public Source License|APSL]]) 
|file_ext = .scpt, .AppleScript
|website = https://www.apple.com/applescript/
}}

'''AppleScript''' is a way for people to write commands and actions on their [[Apple Macintosh]] platform. It is a simple [[Programming language|language]], like [[English language|English]], and is made by [[Apple Inc.]] since the year [[1993]].  The AppleScript program came from the [[HyperCard]] program.

==Example==
An example of the different ways to write a [[Hello World]] [[Computer program|program]] in AppleScript:
<syntaxhighlight lang="AppleScript">
display dialog "Hello World!" -- a modal window with "Ok" and "Cancel" buttons
-- or
display alert "Hello World!"  -- a modal window with a single "Ok" button
-- or
say "Hello World!" -- an audio message using a synthesized computer voice
</syntaxhighlight>

==Other websites==
===Official===
* [https://www.apple.com/applescript/ AppleScript] – Official page at [[Apple Computer|Apple]].com
** [https://www.apple.com/applescript/resources.html AppleScript Resources]
* [https://developer.apple.com/AppleScript/ AppleScript] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211121348/http://developer.apple.com/AppleScript/ |date=2010-12-11 }} at [[Apple Developer Connection]]
* [https://www.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/ GUI Scripting] Gives AppleScript scripts the ability to control otherwise non-scriptable applications. AppleScript scripts can select menu items, click buttons, enter text into text fields, and generally control the interfaces of most Mac OS X 10.x applications.

===Others===
* {{dmoz|Computers/Systems/Apple/Macintosh/Development/Languages/Scripting/AppleScript/|AppleScript}}

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