Scripts

Millumin is able to execute AppleScript script program to automate task on the computer.

• Create a Script
• Edit a Script

Create a Script

A script media can be create from the + button of the library:

Then, the script can be found in the Programs group of the library:

Edit a Script

The script can be edited from the properties-view in the Current Media tab:

• name: the script’s name.
• running: green if the script is currently running, red if not.
• scrip editor: where to write the script.
• template: generate default script that can then been edited in the scrip editor above.
  
  • Run an application: ask to launch an application by its name.
  • Quit an application: ask to quit an application by its name.
  • Open a document: ask an application to open a document.
  • Show an application: ask to put an application in the desktop’s front.
  • Hide an application: ask to hide an application.
  • Run an application in the background: ask to launch an application in the background.
  • Execute application’s menu-item: ask to execute one of the item of the application’s menu-bar.
  • Execute application’s keystroke: send a keyboard event to an application.
  • Execute a shell script: default script.
• Test button: execute the script.
   

Keep in mind that these properties are all shared by all the media occurences in boards and timelines.