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Open Script Editor, enter either of these into a new script window, press the Compile button and then press the Run button: There are two ways to do this from a script. In order to send commands to QuickBooks 2009, you need to have AppleScript tell it to activate. Let's go ahead and launch the Script Editor application found in the AppleScript folder of your Applications folder and let's try it out! Talking to QuickBooks 2009 That allows us to put compiled scripts (AppleScripts that run as applications) in one easy to reach place so we can run them at any time while we're within any application. Notice we have also checked "Show Script menu in menu bar". For any of the stuff in this tutorial to work, make sure that you have enabled GUI scripting using the AppleScript Utility application which is probably located in Applications: AppleScript on your hard drive:

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We are going to be relying on scripting the Mac OS Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Using Tiger: Learning AppleScript, a book excerpt at MacWorld.

AppleScript Introduction For Beginners at UIUC (from the System 9 era, but it gives a good feel).

Introduction to AppleScript Language Guide at Apple.

There are lots of books out there and here are some web sites: If you don't know anything about AppleScript, it's time to go learn. We've run these scripts under Snow Leopard, and they seem to work, but we have not extensively tested them.

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The focus of these pages is to show you how to automate data entry/extraction with Quickbooks 2009 for Mac under OS X 10.5.5 (Leopard). So, what is AppleScript? It is a built-in feature that permits one to automate any number of tasks in the Mac OS. AppleScripting through GUI is a kludge and nowhere near as fast, reliable, or effective as native support, but it works. Luckily, you *can* AppleScript Quickbooks in an indirect fashion - by sending System Events through the OS X graphical user interface (GUI). We are also told that Intuit's support policy and treatment of Mac users as second class citizens has apparently improved we hope that this is truly the case and will believe it when we see it. Updates: We are told that Quickbooks 2011 has better support for AppleScript but have not yet had a chance to look at it.

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No surprise there - Intuit's track record of treating Mac users as second class citizens and refusing to offer us *any* free support for their products (not even one phone call or email on occasions where we encountered installation issues or discovered new bugs) speaks volumes.

Appendix A: JavaScript Payroll Calculator for use with the scripts on page 6.Īt various times from ~2000 through 2009, Intuit had multiple requests to implement native support for AppleScript in QuickBooks and they completely ignored those of us who asked.

Using AppleScript to Fill out Web Page Forms.

Importing Payroll Calculations Into QuickBooks 2009 Mac.

How Payroll "Works" in QuickBooks 2009 Mac.

Exporting Data From QuickBooks 2009 Mac to Mail.

Putting Our Parsed Data Into QuickBooks 2009 Mac.

Using Apple Mail to Import Data into QuickBooks 2009 Mac.

Handy Routine #1 - Wait for QB to Be Ready.

Example 2: Extracting Invoice Information.How To Determine The User Interface Elements of QuickBooks 2009.

Interacting with User Interface Elements of QuickBooks 2009.

AppleScripting QuickBooks 2009 Mac: Introduction.