I represent a Squeak front-end to Applescript. My instances represent either compiled scripts, contexts or both. My instances maintain separately the original source code from which I was compiled, and then a CompiledApplescript corresponding to that source code in its "current state." I provide facilities for executing my scripts, alone or in various contexts, as well as for recompiling my script to restore the script to its initial state (if the script bears context information).

Examples:

To execute some text:

Applescript doIt: 'beep 3'

To compile code into a script object (for MUCH faster execution of repeated tasks, and to maintain state between execution), and then to execute the code:

|aVariable|
aVariable _ Applescript on: '
property sam: 0
set sam to sam + 1
beep sam'.
aVariable doIt

Other. somewhat more general operations

Applescript doIt: aString mode: anInteger
Applescript doIt: aString in: aContext mode: anInteger

s _ Applescript on: aString mode: anInteger

s doItMode: anInteger
s doItIn: aContext
s doItIn: aContext mode: anInteger
s recompile

Also note the examples in the class side of me.

	interpreting
	asContextDoOSAID:mode: doIt doItIn: doItIn:mode: doItMode:

	printing
	printOn:

	private
	doAsOSAID: doAsOSAID:onErrorDo: on: on:mode: on:mode:onErrorDo:

	recompiling
	recompile recompileMode:

	testing
	hasSource isCompiledScript isScriptContext isScriptValue timesModified

	initialize-release
	initialize reopen startUp

	instance creation
	on: on:mode:

	sample scripts
	beep: browse: distill mandatoryDemo playQT4Movie say: selectFile selectFolder silly sillyButtons sillyDialog sillyList sleep with:say:

	accessing	top
	compiledScript
	modeDocumentation 16r0000 kOSAModeNull (kOSANullMode) 16r0001 kOSAModePreventGetSource 16r0002 kOSAModeCompileIntoContext 16r0004 kOSAModeAugmentContext 16r0008 kOSAModeDisplayForHumans kOSAModeNeverInteract kOSAModeCanInteract kOSAModeAlwaysInteract kOSAModeDontReconnect 16r0040 kOSAModeCantSwitchLayer 16r1000 kOSAModeDoRecord 16r4000 kOSAModeDontStoreParent
	source

	interpreting	top
	asContextDoOSAID:mode: Answer a string corresponding to the result of executing preloaded scptOSAID using my compiledScript as the context, and using mode anInteger. As a side-effect, update my script information as necessary. (This routine will not update any stored versions of scptOSAID
	doIt Answer a string corresponding to the result of executing my script in the default context. mode 0. As a side-effect, update my script information as necessary.
	doItIn: Answer a string corresponding to the result of executing my script in aContext. mode 0. As a side-effect, update my script and the aContext information as necessary.
	doItIn:mode: Answer a string corresponding to the result of executing my script in aContext. mode anInteger. As a side-effect, update my script and the aContext information as necessary.
	doItMode: Answer a string corresponding to the result of executing my script in the default context. mode anInteger. As a side-effect, update my script information as necessary.

	printing	top
	printOn: Append to the argument, aStream, a sequence of characters that identifies the receiver.

	private	top
	doAsOSAID: Answer the result of performing aBlock on my compiledScript, converted to OSAID form. As a side-effect, update compiledScript to conform to any changes that may have occurred inside the Applescript scripting component.
	doAsOSAID:onErrorDo: Answer the result of performing aBlock on my compiledScript, converted to OSAID form. As a side-effect, update compiledScript to conform to any changes that may have occurred inside the Applescript scripting component.
	on:
	on:mode:
	on:mode:onErrorDo:

	recompiling	top
	recompile
	recompileMode:

	testing	top
	hasSource
	isCompiledScript
	isScriptContext
	isScriptValue
	timesModified

	generic scripting component	top
	doIt:
	doIt:in:mode:
	doIt:mode:
	generic Answer an ApplescriptInstance (Applescript Generic Scripting Component) that is guaranteed to be active from startUp, but is not (at present) guaranteed to be identical across startups. Additional instances can be created for multi-threaded applications by using ApplescriptInstance.
	lastError

	initialize-release	top
	initialize Object initialize
	reopen
	startUp This message is sent to registered classes when the system is coming up.

	instance creation	top
	on:
	on:mode:

	sample scripts	top
	beep: Beep n times
	browse: Open Microsoft's Web Browser to a page
	distill
	mandatoryDemo A mandatory first script
	playQT4Movie Demonstrate Access to Quicktime
	say: Speak the string
	selectFile Harness Apple's select file dialog for Squeak
	selectFolder Harness Apple's select Folder dialog for Squeak
	silly
	sillyButtons A silly Apple GUI demo
	sillyDialog A silly Apple GUI demo
	sillyList A silly Apple GUI demo
	sleep
	with:say: Speak the string