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Appendix c, Applescript remote desktop suite – Apple Remote Desktop (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual

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AppleScript Remote Desktop

Suite

This appendix shows the contents of Remote Desktop’s

AppleScript Dictionary.

This appendix is not a substitute for the AppleScript Dictionary view in Script Editor.
It is included as a quick reference so that AppleScript commands might be found by a
search of PDF contents. The Dictionary itself has the most recent information about
scriptable objects and events in Remote Desktop, and better usability.

Classes and Commands for the Remote Desktop Application.

add v: Add a computer to a task.
add computer: The computer.
to computer list: The computer list (or task) to add the computer to.

control v: Start a control session with the computer.
control computer: The computer to control.

execute v: Executes a task.
execute task: The task to execute.
[on computer list]: The computer list (or computer) on which to run the task.

observe v: Start an observation session.
observe item: The computer, list, or computer list to observe.

release v: Release computers from a control or observation session.
release item: The computer, list, or computer list to release.

remove v: Remove a computer from a task.
remove computer: The computer to remove.
from computer list: The computer list (or task) to remove the computer from.

stop v: Stops an executing share screen task.
stop task: The task to stop.

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