AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

by Matt Neuburg

Copyright © 2006 Matt Neuburg. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

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Editor:	Chuck Toporek
Production Editor:	Claire Cloutier
Copyeditor:	Nancy Kotary
Proofreader:	Lindsay Frost
Indexer:	Matt Neuburg
Compositor:	Matt Neuburg
Cover Designer:	Ellie Volckhausen
Interior Designer:	David Futato
Cover Illustrator:	Susan Hart
Illustrators:	Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash

Printing History:

November 2003:	First Edition.
January 2006:	Second Edition.

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ISBN: 0-596-10211-9

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