# About AppleScript and Internet Explorer

AppleScript is a scripting language for automating tasks on Apple Macintosh computers. It is useful in cases where you need to repeatedly perform a procedure that has many steps. It is also useful when you need to use two or more Macintosh application programs together to accomplish your work.

This document is written for use with AppleScript but also applies to scripting Internet Explorer by directly sending AppleEvents.

## Documentation

To learn about the scripting classes and commands provided by Internet Explorer, read the AppleScript Reference for Internet Explorer. This document contains essentially all the information in the AppleScript dictionary of Internet Explorer in an accessible format, including all its AppleScript words, as well as code examples and explanatory material for obscure commands. If the reference conflicts with the dictionary, however, the dictionary should be treated as definitive.

## The Internet Explorer Scripting Interface

You can see what commands, classes, and properties are implemented in Internet Explorer by opening the AppleScript Script Editor application that came with your Macintosh, selecting Open Dictionary on the File menu, and then choosing Internet Explorer, which opens the Explorer Dictionary.

If you want more information on AppleScript commands than appears in the Explorer dictionary, you can read the AppleScript Reference for Internet Explorer, which goes into more detail.