MacTech to offer Visual Basic to AppleScript conversion guide We’ve extensively covered Microsoft’s decision to drop Visual Basic support from the forthcoming version of Office for Mac OS X (Office ...

Last year when Microsoft quietly revealed that it was eliminating support for Visual Basic from the next version of Office for Macintosh, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth within the Mac ...

Back in December, I wrote about Microsoft’s decision to drop support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) from the next version of Office. I had, and still have, many concerns about the switch. The ...

MacTech announced yesterday the release of "Moving from Microsoft Office VBA to AppleScript: MacTech's Guide to Making the Transition", an extensive guide the magazine has been working on for quite ...

O’Reilly today announced the release of Applescript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition. “I had never seen the AppleScript language taught, explained, and documented in what I would regard as a clear, ...

AppleScript is Apple’s system-level programming language for driving and automating applications. It was first made available as an option for the ill-fated System 7 Pro in late 1993; shortly ...

Many people have criticized Apple for not updating their AppleScript language documentation regularly (myself included). Scoff no more, because Apple updated their documentation yesterday. The last ...

My love of AppleScript knows no bounds. I often tell people that they should be using AppleScript to help them automate everything from mass file renaming to making their beds (well, not so much that ...

MacTech magazine included with its April issue a 150 page Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to AppleScript Transition Guide. Now the company has posted it online for free. It’s also available for ...