macOS Using AppleScript

[H2SO4]

Hi all.
Can anybody help with a problem I have at all?
I borrowed a script from Deesbek on another message board which gives thus;

set save_location to ¬
    (choose folder with prompt "Choose where to save screenshots")

repeat with shotcount from 1 to 100
    do shell script "screencapture " & ¬
        quoted form of POSIX path of save_location ¬
        & "screen" & (shotcount as string) & ".jpg"
    delay (60 * 1) -- delay one minute
end repeat

and it works really well. But................I'd like to improve it.
Before actually beginning I'd like the script to ask for a few more parameters;

• 1. The size/position of the screenshot, (for example I'd like a set size starting at x,x coordinates).
• 2. The frequency.
• 3. The shotcount.

What I can't seem to do is figure out how to put into the script that it should ask for a shot count value instead of assuming 100, same procedure with the other items.

Thanks.

 

[kryten2]

You can ask for user input by using display dialog.
Ex:

    set dialogResult to display dialog ¬

        "What is your name?" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} ¬

        default button "OK" cancel button "Cancel" ¬

        giving up after 15 ¬

        default answer (long user name of (system info))

Info: AppleScript Language Guide

 

[H2SO4]

You can ask for user input by using display dialog.
Ex:

    set dialogResult to display dialog ¬

        "What is your name?" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} ¬

        default button "OK" cancel button "Cancel" ¬

        giving up after 15 ¬

        default answer (long user name of (system info))

Info: AppleScript Language Guide

Apologies, I should have done a little more research before posting my question but your answer is nonetheless more than very useful.
After doing a search on my computer I realised I had previously purchased books on the command line and AppleScript and should have looked at those before posting to forum, but thanks for input.

 

[kryten2]

You're very welcome, no apologies needed. Glad you found what you were looking for.

 

[H2SO4]

Hi again all.
I’m not using Sonoma yet but can somebody that is please confirm that Script Editor is still a thing in the latest OS?