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A.1. Databases

Program

Price

Web site

AppleScript support

AppleWorks

$80 (but included for free on iBooks and iMacs)

www.apple.com/appleworks/

Decent. Although AppleWorks is great as an all-around text and graphics suite, its AppleScript support is not its strongest suitespecially for the AppleWorks database module. For example, AppleWorks lacks a scripting command for inserting pictures into a database.

FileMaker Pro

$300

http://filemaker.com/products/fm_home.html

Very Good. FileMaker excels at letting everyday users automate their databases with AppleScript. You can incorporate pictures, text, and files into your databases quite easily with FileMaker Pro.


Best choice for AppleScript: FileMaker Pro. If nothing else, FileMaker is simply a newer, more polished programand its thorough AppleScript dictionary proves it.

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