Last updated: 16/3/99

Background

AppleScript supports several classes.

Under construction.


Explanation
Plural Form
The plural form of an object may always be referenced as "every <class>". But it may also be referred to by its plural form. This is usually just the singular form with an "s" added, but some words require special plural forms, such as axis -> axes, vertex -> vertices.
Elements
The elements of a object class are those other classes which can be contained by it.
Containers
The containers of a object class are those other classes which can contain it.
Properties
A property is an attribute of the class. AppleScript can get the value of a property and, unless that property is read only, set it to another value. The value of a particular property may be one of a variety of classes, such as integer, text, record, or a special data structure such as a bounding rectangle consisting of a list of four integers.

The properties of a class appear here in a table, showing property, class (of that property), and description.
Events
The application has a suite of events, listed separately in the dictionary from the class list. However, each event only works with a subset of the classes. For instance, AppleScript can close a window, but not a word. So, each class listed here also lists the events which it supports. Some, which it should support but don't, are listed with the failure or the peculiar requirements.
Sub classes
Sub classes share the same support for properties and events as their parent class, while having more specific ones of their own. Sub classes exist in the same level as their parent in the hierarchy of elements and containers.

Inheritance
A class inherits its support for properties and events from a single parent class.

date
Elements
none
Properties
property
class

OK

 description
class class [r/o]

Y

 The class identifier for the object. Its value is always date.
weekday constant

Y

 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
month constant

Y

 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December or Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
year integer

Y

 .
time integer

Y

 number of seconds since midnight.
date string text

Y

 date portion of the date value.
short date string text

Y

 date portion of the date value, in short format, eg 10/9/1999.
day integer

Y

 calendar day of month
time string text

Y

 .


The constants weeks, days, hours, minutes each amount to the number of seconds for one interval.

Operators
&, +, –, =, ­, >, ³, <, ², comes before, comes after, as.
of, in, relative to
Inheritance
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